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Summary
Based on the Béla Bartók opera, Duke Bluebeard reluctantly and gradually uncovers the secrets of his psyche to his fourth wife, Judit, opening the seven doors of his castle to ultimately reveal his still living previous wives, among whom Judit must take her place.
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Audiences 87GoodWatch 84
Audience score100%
IMDb7.3
Running time
1 h 1 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 music movies, −45 min on the typical 106
typical 10661Half of all music movies run 94–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 3 more
Released
1963
December 15, 1963
63 years ago
Genres
TV MovieMusicDramaLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
Germany
Directing · 1
- Michael Powell Director
Writing · 1
- Béla Balázs Story
Production · 1
- Norman Foster Producer
Camera · 1
- Hannes Staudinger Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Paula Dvorak Editor
Sound · 1
- Béla Bartók Music
Art · 2
- Hein Heckroth Production Design
- Gerd Krauss Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Helga Pinnow-Stadelmann Costume Design
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