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Bluebeard's Castle (1964)
Director: Michael Powell
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
An intriguing rarity for Powell completists, this straightforward performance film of Bartok's opera was shot only after the score had already been recorded in Zagreb. As a result, Powell was free to indulge himself with the look of the film, so long-term collaborator Hein Heckroth went to town on the cobwebby gauzes and nets. And indeed, it does look terrific, if rather too busy, a brooding tapestry of browns, blues and greys. That said, it's inevitably of limited interest only, and finally something of a footnote from (two of) the men behind The Red Shoes and The Tales of Hoffmann.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Michael Powell
Producer: Norman Foster, Bela Balazs
Cast: Norman Foster, Anna Raquel Sartre full cast
Genre(s): Musicals
Duration: 60 mins
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