About
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.
Director
Writer
Studio
Alcina
Original Title
Barbe-Bleue
Original Language
French
Keywords
Cast
Full credits →P
Pierre Brasseur
Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
C
Cécile Aubry
Aline
J
Jean Debucourt
Le majordome
R
Robert Arnoux
Mathieu les grands pieds
J
Jacques Sernas
Giglio
C
Célina Cély
Anny Fling
G
Georges Chamarat
Le chapelain
F
Fernand Rauzéna
Giuseppe
I
Ina Halley
Anne
H
Henri Rollan
Le comte d'Etioles
F
Fernand Fabre
L'envoyé de l'empereur
R
Reggie Nalder
Le capitaine des gardes
E
Espanita Cortez
Carmen Esmeralda Dulcinée de la Yotta
E
Elly Claus
Cunégonde von Kronberg Meinsnichtgonfried
D
Diana Bel
Elvira Del Mare (uncredited)
G
Gérard Calvi
(uncredited)
H
Henri Cote
(uncredited)
R
Robert Dartois
Le comte de Lurdes (uncredited)
F
Fernand Rauzéna
Giuseppe (uncredited)
M
Made Siamé
La nourrice de Barbe-Bleue (uncredited)
