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Director:

George Cukor

Writers:

Alfred Hayes (writer)
Aleksei Kapler (writer)
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Release Date:

5 April 1976 (USA) more

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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... more | add synopsis

Awards:

1 nomination more

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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, The Cat
Robert Morley ... Father Time
Harry Andrews ... The Oak
Todd Lookinland ... Tyltyl
Patsy Kensit ... Mytyl
Will Geer ... Grandfather
Mona Washbourne ... Grandmother
George Cole ... Tylo, The Dog
Richard Pearson ... The Bread
Nadezhda Pavlova ... The Blue Bird
Georgiy Vitsin ... The Sugar
Margarita Terekhova ... The Milk
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Sinyaya ptitsa (Soviet Union: Russian title)
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Runtime:

Germany:95 min | USA:99 min

Country:

USA | Soviet Union

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:6 | France:U | Australia:G | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Finland:K-8 | Iceland:L | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Moscow, Russia more

Company:

Lenfilm Studio more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

According to actress Cicely Tyson, director George Cukor accused her of jinxing the film by using voodoo magic. Relations between Tyson and Cukor eventually deteriorated to the point where, when Tyson would arrive on set in the morning, she would ask - referring to Cukor - "Is he dead yet?" more

Movie Connections:

Remake of The Blue Bird (1940) more


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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Kids love this, 13 December 2006
8/10
Author: conniewatt from United States

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.

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