Very Blue Beard (1979)

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

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

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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