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Bluebeard

"The most shocking scandal Paris ever saw!"

1963-01-25
6.358
fr 112m
DramaCrimeHistory
Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefields, Henri Landru, a seemingly respectable furniture dealer, married and father of four children, relentlessly feeds his own sinister factory of death.

Director

Claude Chabrol

Screenplay

Françoise Sagan

Producer

Carlo Ponti

Original Music Composer

Pierre Jansen

Director of Photography

Jean Rabier

Editor

Jacques Gaillard

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Status

Released

Countries

  • Italy
  • France

Companies

  • Rome-Paris Films
  • C. C. Champion