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Bluebeard: Directed by Edward Dmytryk. With Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Virna Lisi, Nathalie Delon. A World War I pilot whom everybody envies as a "ladykiller" actually is one.
Sep 1, 1972 · Bluebeard: Directed by Edward Dmytryk. With Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Virna Lisi, Nathalie Delon. A World War I pilot whom everybody envies as a "ladykiller" actually is one.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Edward Dmytryk
- 1972-09-01
May 24, 2012 · Was largely the basis for, and part namesake of, the "Lola Heatherton" character as played by Catherine O'Hara on "SCTV" (1976) and "SCTV Network" (1981).
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In Austria in the 1930s, Baron Kurt von Sepper is a World War I veteran fighter pilot with a reputation as a "ladykiller" and a frightening blue-tinged beard. In public the Baron carefully maintains his image as a war hero, a seemingly devout Catholic and a patriotic member of the Fatherland Front, but the Baron has two dark secrets he is keen to h...
Filmportal.de noted that some sources claim that Luciano Sacripantialso directed the film. Filming took place in Budapest, Hungary and Rome, Italy. In February, 1972, Burton's wife, Elizabeth Taylor celebrated her 40th birthday in Budapest. The party, held at the Hotel Intercontinental, was attended by several celebrities, including Michael Caine, ...
Bluebeard had its world premiere at the Pantages Theatrein Hollywood on August 15, 1972. It was released in West Germany on December 15, 1972.
Critical response
Roger Ebert gave the film two stars out of four and wrote, "There is no longer any novelty in watching the sad disintegration of Richard Burton's acting career." Roger Greenspun of The New York Times wrote: "I have rarely seen a horror film so coyly aware of its own camp potential. But it is better at being foolishly serious than at being slyly humorous, and its few good moments come before it admits that its spook lightning and its maybe 3,000 pounds of phony cobwebs are essentially a joke."...
Bluebeard at IMDbBluebeard at AllMovieBluebeard at the TCM Movie DatabaseBluebeard (1972) “He had a WAY with the world’s most beautiful, most seductive, most glamorous women . . . he did AWAY with them!”. A black comedy with nude scenes set in the 1930s as Richard Burton (playing Austrian aristocrat Baron von Sepper, noted for his blue-toned beard and his appetite for beautiful wives) kills six of his seven ...
It stars Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Joey Heatherton and Sybil Danning. Set in Austria in the 1930s, Bluebeard is a World War I pilot with a reputation as a 'ladykiller' and a frightening blue tinged beard. Picture taken 19th March 1972. Raquel Welch pictured on set, in Hungary filming her new movie 'Bluebeard'.
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