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Barbe-bleue

190111 minFrance
FantasyHorror

Synopsis

A young woman marries the wealthy Blue Beard despite the mysterious disappearance of his earlier wives. Before leaving the castle, he gives her a set of keys and forbids her to enter one room. Curiosity overcomes the warning, revealing a secret that turns her marriage into a struggle to survive.

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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
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11:03
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Georges Méliès · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsGeorges Méliès

Inspirations

Méliès expands Charles Perrault's fairy tale into a sequence of theatrical tableaux. Supernatural figures give visible form to temptation and protection, bringing the familiar forbidden-room story into the director's world of stage illusion and cinematic tricks.

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  • Georges Méliès — Georges Méliès; Publicity materials for an exhibition at La Caixa Foundation: http://press.lacaixa.es/socialprojects/exhibiton-georges-melies-magic-of-cinema-caixaforum-barcelona-eng__816-c-17952__.html · Public domain
  • Jeanne d'Alcy — Léopold-Émile Reutlinger; DALCY_SIP. 947. Photo Reutlinger · Public domain

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