Bluebeard (1901 film)

Bluebeard French Barbebleue is a 1901 silent French drama directed by Georges Mlis.

A sinister aristocrat known as Lord Bluebeard is looking for a beautiful woman to become his wife. Lured by his great riches, many noble families bring their most eligible daughters to meet him, but none of the young women want to marry him, both due to his ghastly appearance and because he has already had seven previous wives all of whom have mysteriously vanished without a trace. Bluebeards great wealth, however, persuades one father to give his daughters hand to him. She has no choice but to marry him, and after a lavish wedding feast she begins her new life in his castle.One day as Bluebeard is going away on a journey, he entrusts the keys to his castle to her, and warns his wife never to go into a certain room. Caught between the fear of her husbands wrath and her own curiosity, she is unsure of what to do regarding the forbidden chamber. Her curiosity manifests itself in the form of an imp who taunts and mocks her with potential promises that the room might contain, whereas her better judgement comes in the form of a guardian angel, who attempts to dissuade her from entering the locked door. ........

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