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Bluebeard

1963 · 112 min

A cool, ironic true-crime portrait that unsettles through calm domesticity and dry wit rather than overt violence.

Tagline
The most shocking scandal Paris ever saw!
Overview
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • deception
  • class
  • power
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour5
Realism8
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, crime, history
Directed by
Claude Chabrol
Written by
Françoise Sagan
Starring
Charles Denner, Michèle Morgan, Danielle Darrieux, Hildegard Knef, Juliette Mayniel, Stéphane Audran, Catherine Rouvel, Françoise Lugagne
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
Italy, France
Languages
English, French

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