Barbe-Bleue
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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.
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Edited by Jacques DesagneauxShot by Christian MatrasScored by Gerard CalviDesigned by Georges Wakhevitch
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19 unique people credited
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Cecile Aubry
as Aline
Pierre Brasseur
as Le comte Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
Jean Debucourt
as Le Majordome
Ina Halley
as Anne
Henri Rollan
as Le comte d'Etioles
Georges Chamarat
as Le chapelain
Denise Cormand
as Valentine d'Etioles
Fernand Fabre
as L'envoyé de l'empereur
Reggie Nalder
as Le capitaine des gardes
Espanita Cortez
as Carmen Esmeralda Dulcinée de la Yotta
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