Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Herzog Blaubarts Burg



Bluebeard's Castle / Herttua Siniparran linna.
    DE 1964. PC: Norman Foster Productions.
    D: Michael Powell. A film of the Bela Bartok opera with the libretto by Bela Balazs, A Kekszakallu herceg vara (1911). Design: Hein Heckroth. Starring Norman Foster (Bluebeard) and Ana Raquel Satre (Giuditta). 60 min.
    Telecast in Finland: Herttua Siniparran linna. Yleisradio TV1, 25 Dec 1968 at 21:25 (update from Jouko Hanhinen, 16 April 2021).
    Ashbrittle Film Foundation. Presented by Mrs. Sibylle Nabel-Foster (Mrs. Norman Foster).
    Technicolor print. Sparse English subtitles. Viewed in Bologna, Arlecchino, 2 July 2008.

AA: An impressive film of the fascinating opera, on the same level as Hoffmann's Tales, brilliant design by Hein Heckroth. Behind the seventh door death waits Giuditta. A parallel film to Peeping Tom.

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