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The Blue Bird

191875 minUnited States
Fantasy
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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
81:56
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Synopsis

Two children are sent by a fairy to search for the bluebird of happiness. A magical hat reveals the living spirits within familiar objects and allows their pets to speak. Accompanied by these new companions, they travel through strange realms in a quest that changes their understanding of the ordinary world they left behind.

Cast

DirectorsMaurice Tourneur

Inspirations

Maurice Tourneur adapts Maurice Maeterlinck's play through carefully designed fantasy spaces and personified household elements. The film's visual treatment of the allegory helped secure its later inclusion in the National Film Registry.

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