Bluebeard
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
France • 1938
Directors
Synopsis
Inspired by the groundbreaking use of film in the analysis of movement by physiologist Étienne-Jules Marey, Jean Painlevé animated the opéra bouffe BLUEBEARD, about the legendary knight, using clay dolls made by sculptor René Bertrand and Bertrand’s three young children.
Synopsis
Inspired by the groundbreaking use of film in the analysis of movement by physiologist Étienne-Jules Marey, Jean Painlevé animated the opéra bouffe BLUEBEARD, about the legendary knight, using clay dolls made by sculptor René Bertrand and Bertrand’s three young children.
Credits
Crew
DirectorJean Painlevé, Ernst Lubitsch
WriterCharles Brackett, Billy Wilder
CinematographerLeo Tover
ComposerWerner R. Heymann, Friedrich Hollaender
EditorWilliam Shea
ProducerErnst Lubitsch