The Blue Bird (1918)

Directed by

Maurice Tourneur

Genre

fantasy film, silent film, children's film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 15m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two children search for the blue bird of happiness, guided by magical beings through enchanted lands. It is a silent film adaptation of a famous play about longing and discovery.

whimsicaldreamlikesoftgentlelyricalslowhopefulfantastical

What happens

The Blue Bird is a 1918 American silent fantasy film based upon the 1908 play by Maurice Maeterlinck and directed by Maurice Tourneur in the United States, under the auspices of producer Adolph Zukor. In 2004, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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