France, Italy, West Germany, Hungary, 1972
125m
35mm film, Technicolor, 1.85:1
A French/Italian/West German/Hungarian horror film directed by Edward Dmytryk and Luciano Sacripanti.
Plot Summary
Blue-bearded Austrian aristocrat Baron von Sepper has had a string of beautiful wives who have all disappeared in mysterious circumstances. His latest spouse, The American Anne, finds the bodies of her predecessors frozen in a hidden vault and has to fight to survive as Bluebeard begins to plot her demise.
Credits
Crew
Directors: Edward Dmytryk, Luciano Sacripanti
Geiselgasteig Film, Gloria Film, Hungarofilm, Vulcano Film Handels AG
Executive Producer: Ilya Salkind
Producers: Alexander Salkind, Pierre Spengler
Script: Ennio De Concini, Edward Dmytryk, Maria Pia Fusco
Director of Photography: Gábor Pogány
Editor: Jean Ravel
Music by: Maria Pia Fusco, Ennio Morricone
Sound Mixer: Franco Bassi
Costume Designers: Mia Fonssagrives, Jacques Fonteray, Vicki Tiel
Art Director: Tamás Vayer
Locations: Budapest, Hungary; Rome, Lazio, Italy
Cast
Richard Burton (Baron von Sepper)
Raquel Welch (Magdalena)
Virna Lisi (Elga)
Nathalie Delon (Erika)
Marilù Tolo (Brigitte)
Karin Schubert (Greta)
Agostina Belli (Caroline)
Sybil Danning (prostitute)
Joey Heatherton (Anne)
Edward Meeks (Sergio)
Jean Lefebvre (Greta's father)
Erica Schramm (Greta's mother)
Doka Bukova (Rosa)
Mathieu Carrière (the violinist)
Karl-Otto Alberty, Kurt Großkurth, Thomas Fischer, Peter Martin Urtel (von Sepper's friends)
Mag-Avril (Marka)
Sándor Szabó (the doctor)
Dennis Burgess (the coroner)
Eleonora Mauro
Cristina Perra
Alternative Titles
Barbablù – Italian title
Barbazul – Venezuelan title
Den Bestialiske – Swedish title
Blåskæg – Danish title
Blaubart – West German title
Bluebeard – UK/US title
O Kyanopogon – Greek title
Paroni Siniparta – Finnish title
Ritari Siniparta – Finnish title
References
Periodicals
CinemaTV Today no.10022 (10 March 1973) p.3 – note (For Registration)
CinemaTV Today no.10026 (7 April 1973) p.20 – credits, synopsis, review (The new films by Marjorie Bilbow)
CinemaTV Today no.10033 (26 May 1973) p.12 – note (General releases)
Books
Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.41
