Bluebeard [Blu-ray]

Director: Claude Chabrol Claude Chabrol

Overview

This black comedy is based on the dastardly deeds of French serial killer Henri-Desire Landru, who wined, dined, scammed, and dismembered over 10 women during WW I. He obtained his victims by placing ads in the Personals section of the paper. He then chose wealthy dowagers in their fifties. First he would woo them to his villa. Then he would con them into forking over their fortunes. Finally he would kill them, chop them up, and immolate the pieces. He is finally captured after he is recognized by the sister of one of the victims. Landru swears that he is not a psychotic killer, that he only did it so he could continue to support his family in the bourgeoisie style that they were accustomed to. During his trial, Landru refused to plead for himself one way or the other; he showed no remorse at all. He was guillotined on February 25, 1922.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/14/2021
UPC:	0738329255381
Original Release:	1963
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Language:	English
Time:	1:59:00
Sales rank:	8,130

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Charles Denner	Henri-Desiré Landru
Danielle Darrieux	Berthe Heon
Michèle Morgan	Célestine Buisson
Hildegarde Neff	Mme X./Madame Ixe
Juliette Mayniel	Anna Collomb
Catherine Rouvel	Andree Babelot
Denise Provence	Mme. Laporte
Francoise Lugagne	Mme. Landru
Mary Marquet	Mme. Guillin
Robert Burnier	Presiding Judge
Huguette Forge	Mme. Vidal
Jean-Louis Maury	Commissioner Belin
Giselle Sandre	Georgette
Mario David	Prosecutor
Claude Mansard	Defense Attorney
Sacha Briquet	Assistant Prosecutor
Serge Bento	Maurice Landru
Denise Lepvrier	Catherine Landru,Landru's Daughter
Raymond Queneau	Clemenceau
Jean-Pierre Melville	Mandel
Henri Attal	Gendarme
Dominique Zardi	Gendarme
Claude Chabrol	Actor
Stéphane Audran	Fernande
Hildegard Knef	madame Ixe
Pierre Jansen	Composer

Technical Credits

Françoise Sagan

Claude Chabrol	Director
Georges de Beauregard	Producer
Carlo Ponti	Producer
Françoise Sagan	Screenwriter
Paul Durand	Sound Effects