The Blue Bird (1976)

A pair of peasant children, Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the Fairy Berylune. On their journey, they are accompanied by... See full summary »

Director:

George Cukor

Writers:

Alfred Hayes, Aleksei Kapler,

Stars:

Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Ava Gardner

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Elizabeth Taylor	...	Queen of Light / Mother / Witch / Maternal Love
Jane Fonda	...	The Night
Ava Gardner	...	Luxury
Cicely Tyson	...	Tylette
Robert Morley	...	Father Time
Harry Andrews	...	The Oak
Todd Lookinland	...	Tyltyl
Patsy Kensit	...	Mytyl
Will Geer	...	Grandfather
Mona Washbourne	...	Grandmother
George Cole	...	Tylo
Richard Pearson	...	The Bread
Nadezhda Pavlova	...	The Blue Bird
Georgiy Vitsin	...	The Sugar
Margarita Terekhova	...	The Milk

Storyline

A pair of peasant children, Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the Fairy Berylune. On their journey, they are accompanied by the humanized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, Bread, and other entities.

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Plot Keywords:

bread | bird | children | fire | journey | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA Soviet Union

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 April 1976 (USA)

Also Known As:

O Pássaro Azul

Filming Locations:

Moscow, Russia

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$887,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lenfilm Studio, Tower International, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Valentina Ganibalova (Water) made one of the own costumes for the film, and can be seen wearing it in an outdoor sequence.

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Connections

Version of Sinyaya ptitsa (1970)

User Reviews

Kids love this

When my son was approximately 7-8 years old, he loved watching this movie. At that time he was really into watching the Saturday afternoon monster movies, Ultra man etc. My daughters watched it a couple of years later and they both loved it too. Elizabeth Taylor is beautiful, but the storyline was nice too. Actually anything that held my son's attention had to be really good. As an adult, I watched it with the kids a couple of times and then that was enough for me, so I think it is really for the kids. I'd like to get a DVD of this movie because now I have two granddaughters. The four and half year old would really enjoy it. It would probably be another year before my other grandchild would sit still to watch it. I recommend this story for children, if you let them watch make believe and magical movies.