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The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird
★ 5.5/10•1976•1h 35m•6•Adventure•Family•Fantasy

A cavalcade of magic. A carnival of fun. The Blue Bird is magic for everyone.

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.

George Cukor · Director

Hugh Whitemore · Screenplay

Alfred Hayes · Screenplay

Aleksei Kapler · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 35m
LanguageEN
Release DateApr 30, 1976
Budget$12,000,000
Revenue$3,500,000

Actors

Patsy Kensit

Patsy Kensit

Mytyl

Todd Lookinland

Todd Lookinland

Tyltyl

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Queen of Light/Mother/Witch/Maternal Love

Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda

The Night

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Tylette

Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner

Luxury

Margarita Terekhova

Margarita Terekhova

Milk

Georgiy Vitsin

Georgiy Vitsin

Sugar

Oleg Popov

Oleg Popov

Clown

Nadezhda Pavlova

Nadezhda Pavlova

Blue Bird

Will Geer

Will Geer

Grandfather

Mona Washbourne

Mona Washbourne

Grandmother

Robert Morley

Robert Morley

Father Time

Harry Andrews

Harry Andrews

Oak

George Cole

George Cole

Tylo

Richard Pearson

Richard Pearson

Bread

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