The Blue Bird

19761976
GG
1h 39min

The Blue Bird (1976)

Adventure Drama Family

A pair of peasant children, Mytyl (Patsy Kensit) and her brother Tyltyl (Todd Lookinland), are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness (Nedezhda Pavlova) by the Fairy ... Read allA pair of peasant children, Mytyl (Patsy Kensit) and her brother Tyltyl (Todd Lookinland), are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness (Nedezhda Pavlova) by the Fairy Berylune. On their journey, they are accompanied by the humanized presences of a Dog, a Ca... Read allA pair of peasant children, Mytyl (Patsy Kensit) and her brother Tyltyl (Todd Lookinland), are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness (Nedezhda Pavlova) by the Fairy Berylune. On their journey, they are accompanied by the humanized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire (Yevgeni Shcherbakov), Bread (Richard Pearson), and other entities.

Director
- George Cukor
Writers
- Maurice Maeterlinck(play "L'Oiseau bleu")
- Hugh Whitemore(screenplay)
- Alfred Hayes(screenplay)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 nomination

"Blue Bird, The" Elizabeth Taylor, Todd Lookinland and Patsy Kensit 1976 20th Century Fox

"Blue Bird, The" Elizabeth Taylor 1976 20th Century Fox

"Blue Bird, The" Elizabeth Taylor, Todd Lookinland and Patsy Kensit 1976 20th Century Fox

"Blue Bird, The" Elizabeth Taylor 1976 20th Century Fox

"Blue Bird, The" Elizabeth Taylor, Todd Lookinland and Patsy Kensit 1976 20th Century Fox

"Blue Bird, The" Elizabeth Taylor, Todd Lookinland and Patsy Kensit 1976 20th Century Fox

"Blue Bird, The" Elizabeth Taylor 1976 20th Century Fox

"Blue Bird, The" Elizabeth Taylor, Todd Lookinland and Patsy Kensit 1976 20th Century Fox

"Blue Bird, The" Elizabeth Taylor 1976 20th Century Fox

"Blue Bird, The" Elizabeth Taylor, Todd Lookinland and Patsy Kensit 1976 20th Century Fox

"Blue Bird, The" Elizabeth Taylor 1976 20th Century Fox

Elizabeth Taylor and Patsy Kensit in The Blue Bird (1976)

Director
- George Cukor
Writers
- Maurice Maeterlinck(play "L'Oiseau bleu")
- Hugh Whitemore(screenplay)
- Alfred Hayes(screenplay)
All cast & crew
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A pair of peasant children, Mytyl (Patsy Kensit) and her brother Tyltyl (Todd Lookinland), are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness (Nedezhda Pavlova) by the Fairy Berylune. On their journey, they are accompanied by the humanized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire (Yevgeni Shcherbakov), Bread (Richard Pearson), and other entities. —Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

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Taglines
- A cavalcade of magic. A carnival of fun. The Blue Bird is magic for everyone.
Genres
Certificate
- G
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
Director George Cukor told the Soviet studio head how honored he was to be filming in the same studio where Sergei M. Eisenstein had filmed Battleship Potemkin (1925). "Yes", said the studio head, "and with the very same equipment."

Quotes
Tylette: I love you both as much as you deserve.

Connections
Featured in Legends of World Cinema: Ava Gardner

Top review

8/10

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.

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conniewatt
Dec 13, 2006

Release date
- April 5, 1976 (United States)
Countries of origin
- Soviet Union
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Der blaue Vogel
Filming locations
- Lenfilm Studios, Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt, Petrogradsky District, St. Petersburg, Russia
Production companies
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Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)

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Runtime
- 1h 39min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Mono

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