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.
Directed by Christian-Jaque
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Cast

Pierre Brasseur
Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue

Cécile Aubry
Aline

Jean Debucourt
Le majordome

Robert Arnoux
Mathieu les grands pieds

Jacques Sernas
Giglio

Célina Cély
Anny Fling

Georges Chamarat
Le chapelain
Elly Norden
Cunégonde von Kronberg Meinscnichtsgonfried

Fernand Rauzéna
Giuseppe

Ina Halley
Anne

Henri Rollan
Le comte d'Etioles
Denise Cormand
Valentine d'Etioles

Fernand Fabre
L'envoyé de l'empereur

Reggie Nalder
Le capitaine des gardes
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