Country
United States
Date
Apr 30, 1976
A cavalcade of magic. A carnival of fun. The Blue Bird is magic for everyone.
1h 35min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Georgiy Vitsin | Sugar |
| Oleg Popov | Clown |
| Nadezhda Pavlova | Blue Bird |
| Will Geer | Grandfather |
| Mona Washbourne | Grandmother |
| Robert Morley | Father Time |
| Harry Andrews | Oak |
| George Cole | Tylo |
| Richard Pearson | Bread |
| Valentina Ganibalova | Water |
| Yevgeni Shcherbakov | Fire |
| Leonid Nevedomsky | Father |
| Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova | Pleasure of eating |
| Sergei Filippov | Pleasure of not-understanding |
| Vladimir Kazarinov | Pleasure of doing nothing |
| Grigoriy Shpigel | Pleasure of being rich |
| Igor Dmitriev | Pleasure to being beautiful |
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| Lyudmila Ksenofontova | Pleasure of knowing nothing |
| Yury Shepelev | Pleasure to drink |
| Evgeniya Karetnikova | |
| Grant Bardsley | children of the future |
| Monique Potter | children of the future |
| Anne Blackman | children of the future |
| Russell Lewis | children of the Future |
| Steven Warner | children of the future |
| James Coco | Tylo the dog |
| Pheona McLellan | sick girl |
| Oskar Lind | |
| Vladimir Lyudevig | |
| Sergei Remmekh |
Genres
AdventureFamilyFantasyDrama
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | The Blue Bird |
| Lingua originale | English (EN) |
| Lingue parlate | English |
| Paesi di produzione | Soviet Union, United States of America |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Lenfilm, Sovinfilm, Edward Lewis Productions, 20th Century Fox |
| Data di uscita | 30 aprile 1976 |
| Exec. Producer | Edward Lewis |
| Producer | Harry N. Blum, Robert H. Greenberg, Paul Maslansky, Paul B. Radin, Lee Savin |
| Writer | Hugh Whitemore, Alfred Hayes, Aleksei Kapler, Maurice Maeterlinck, Tony Harrison |
| Casting | Maude Spector |
| Editors | Stanford C. Allen, Tatyana Shapiro |
| Cinematography | Freddie Young, Jonas Gricius |
| Asst. Directors | George Cukor |
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| Camera Operators | Freddie Young, Jonas Gricius |
| Add. Photography | Freddie Young, Jonas Gricius |
| Production Design | Valeri Yurkevich, Brian Wildsmith |
| Art Direction | Valeri Yurkevich, Brian Wildsmith |
| Set Decoration | Valeri Yurkevich, Brian Wildsmith |
| Composer | Irwin Kostal, Kenneth Wannberg |
| Sound | Irwin Kostal, Kenneth Wannberg |
| Costume Design | Marina Azizyan, Arthur Bruckel, Vasili Goryunov, Sydney Guilaroff, Giancarlo Novelli |
| Makeup | Vasili Goryunov, Marina Azizyan, Arthur Bruckel, Sydney Guilaroff, Giancarlo Novelli |
| Hairstyling | Marina Azizyan, Arthur Bruckel, Vasili Goryunov, Sydney Guilaroff, Giancarlo Novelli |
| Budget | 12.000.000 € |
| Incasso | 3.500.000 € |
Release dates
Theatrical release
Country
Germany
Date
Nov 04, 1976
Certification
6
Country
Russia
Date
Jan 03, 1977
Note
In cinemas nationwide
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