Bluebeard (1951)

Original title

Barbe-Bleue

Directed by

Christian-Jaque

Genre

comedy film

Country

Germany, France, Switzerland

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a comedic retelling of the Bluebeard fairy tale. The story follows a wealthy nobleman with a dark secret in his castle. His new wife must deal with his unusual rules.

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What happens

Bluebeard (German: Blaubart) is a 1951 black comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Hans Albers, Cécile Aubry and Fritz Kortner. Based on Charles Perrault’s fairy tale Bluebeard, it was a co-production between France, Switzerland and West Germany. The film reworks the tale in comic form. It was made in separate German- and French-language versions, with the French version released as Barbe-Bleue. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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