Bluebeard
Barbe-Bleue
Release: 1951-09-27
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 5.3
Drama
Comedy
Just before wowing international critics and moviegoers with his adventure romp Fanfan la Tulipe, director Christian-Jaque dashed off the lampoonish Barbe-Bleue. Ostensibly the story of the famed wife-killing potentate Bluebeard (Pierre Brasseur), this lighthearted costumer begins as the title character is poised to march down the matrimonial aisle for the eighth time. Barbe-Bleue's newest spouse Aline (Cécile Aubry) is kept in line by her husband's claims of murdering her predecessors. But when Aline opens the famous locked door to the equally famous hidden room, both she and the audience are in for quite a surprise. The frivolous nature of Barbe-Bleue is underlined by its pleasing utilization of the French Gezacolor process.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Alcina
Cast
Arno Paulsen
as Matthes
Cécile Aubry
as Aline
Fernand Rauzéna
as Giuseppe, Giuseppe (uncredited)
Jean Debucourt
as Le majordome
Reggie Nalder
as Le capitaine des gardes
Gérard Calvi
as (uncredited)
Pierre Brasseur
as Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
Célina Cély
as Anny Fling
Georges Chamarat
as Le chapelain
Lina Carstens
as Amme
Robert Dartois
as Le comte de Lurdes (uncredited)
Robert Arnoux
as Mathieu les grands pieds
Jacques Sernas
as Giglio
Hans Albers
as Blaubart
Fritz Kortner
as Haushofmeister
Made Siamé
as La nourrice de Barbe-Bleue (uncredited)
Carl Wery
as (uncredited)
Fernand Fabre
as L'envoyé de l'empereur
Henri Rollan
as Le comte d'Etioles
