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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

Ernst Lubitsch / US, 1938 / 85 min.

Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett co-scripted this sophisticated romantic comedy starring Gary Cooper as Bluebeard on the French Riviera. The film was directed by Ernst Lubitsch, the filmmaker so admired by Wilder.

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Director

Ernst Lubitsch

Production year

1938

Country

US

Original title

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

Length

85 min.

Language

English

Subtitles

ENG

Format

35mm

Part of

Sweet & Sour: The Films of Billy Wilder

The legendary screenwriter and Hollywood director Billy Wilder was a brilliant word artist. His Oscar-winning classics are brimming with irresistible and cynical humour: incredibly funny, bold and incisive.

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