Bluebeard (1951 film)

Bluebeard
Directed by	Christian-Jaque
Written by	André-Paul Antoine Jean Bernard-Luc Henri Jeanson Erich Kröhnke Hans Rehfisch Boris von Borresholm Christian-Jaque
Starring	Hans Albers Cécile Aubry Fritz Kortner Lina Carstens
Cinematography	Christian Matras
Music by	Werner Eisbrenner
Production companies	Alcina Como Film Union-Film
Distributed by	Neue Filmverleih (West Germany)
Release date	1 November 1951
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	France Switzerland West Germany
Language	German

Bluebeard (German:Blaubart) is a 1951 comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Hans Albers, Cécile Aubry and Fritz Kortner. It is based on the fairy tale Bluebeard by Charles Perrault. It was made as a co-production between West Germany, France and Switzerland. It was made using the Gevacolor process. A separate French-language version Barbe-Bleue was also made.

Cast

• Hans Albers as Blaubart
• Cécile Aubry as Aline
• Fritz Kortner as Haushofsmeister
• Lina Carstens as Amme
• Arno Paulsen as Matthes
• Jacques Sernas as Florian
• Ina Halley as Anna
• Henri Rollan as Freiherr d'Etioles
• Denise Cormand as Valentine d'Etioles
• Carl Wery as Herzog
• Reggie Nalder as Captain of the guard
• Elly Claus as Kunigunde, die Deutsche
• Diane Lefort as Lucrezia, die Italienerin
• Espanita Cortez as Mercedes, die Spanierin
• Geneviève Gérald as Lady Anny Fling, die Schotting
• Phung Thi Nghiep as Tschao Ming Kuong, die Chinesin
• Leila Fouad as Fatme, die Araberin
• Georges Chamarat
• Aziza Néri
• Fernand Fabre
• Fred Barius

Bibliography

• Zipes, Jack. The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films. Routledge, 2011.

External links

• Bluebeard at IMDb