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Very Blue Beard (1979)

Very Blue Beard poster
Original title
Очень синяя борода
Directed by
Vladimir Samsonov
Genre
detective fiction, musical film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
20h 17m
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective looks into the murders of a medieval duke's wives to find out if he is truly guilty. This is a Soviet animated musical comedy retelling of the classic Bluebeard story.

whimsicalplayfulmusicallightheartedcomicinquisitivefairy-tale

What happens

Very Blue Beard (Russian: Очень синяя борода, Ochen sinjaja boroda) is a 1979 Soviet musical comedy animated film loosely based on the Bluebeard fairy tale by Charles Perrault. Directed by Vladimir Samsonov, screenplay by Arkady Arkanov. Cinematography by Vladimir Milovanov. Original music score by Gennady Gladkov. Lyrics by Yuliy Kim. Released by T/O Ekran. A detective is investigating the crimes of the medieval duke Bluebeard – is the latter really guilty of murdering his wives? (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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