Duke Bluebeard's Castle

This highly acclaimed film version of Béla Bartók's searing psychological opera, performed by Robert Lloyd and Elizabeth Laurence, won the 1989 Prix Italia Music Prize. Bartók's short opera, one of the composer's most impressive early works, tells the macabre legend of Duke Bluebeard, who brings his young wife Judith to live in his remote castle. The dramatic intensity increases as sinister secrets are gradually unveiled, bringing the opera to its haunting conclusion.

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TheTVDB.com Movie ID 165006
Status Released
Released Italy April 12, 1989
Runtime 64 minutes
Genres Fantasy Mystery Musical
Original Country Great Britain
Original Language Hungarian
Production Company BBC
Distributor NVC Arts Warner Home Video
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Robert Lloyd
as Bluebeard
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Elizabeth Laurence
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John Woodvine
as Speaker of the Prologue
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Leone Amis
as The Wives
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Abigail Zealy
as The Wives
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Natasha Zukas
as The Wives
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Béla Balázs

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Leslie Megahey

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Dennis Marks

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John Hooper
Ardan Fisher
Bruce Macadie
Anna Buruma

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