The Blue Bird

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

Apr 5 1976 G 1h 39m
Adventure, Drama, Family

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Maurice Maeterlinck, Hugh Whitemore, Alfred Hayes

Directed by

George Cukor

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cicely Tyson

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America, Russia

Production Companies

20th Century Fox, Edward Lewis Productions, Sovinfilm, Lenfilm

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
1,314
Average Rating
5.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA