Bluebeard's Six Wives (Italian: Le sei mogli di Barbablù) is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, and starring Totò, Isa Barzizza and Carlo Ninchi.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alberto Boccianti and Mario Rappini.

Bluebeard's Six Wives
-Le sei mogli di Barbablù-
Directed byCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Written byLucio Brenno
Bruno Caravagni
Agenore Incrocci
Marcello Marchesi
Vittorio Metz
Enrico Maria Ricci
Furio Scarpelli
StarringTotò
Isa Barzizza
Mario Castellani
Carlo Ninchi
CinematographyMario Albertelli
Edited byRenato Cinquini
Music byPippo Barzizza
Production
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Golden Film
Distributed byGolden Film
Release date
  • November 1950 (1950-11)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Plot

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Toto Esposito is a young lover who tries to abduct his beloved to marry her. However, Toto is wrong, and kidnaps an ugly woman named Carmela, who loves him, and chases him when Toto escapes. In a last attempt to escape by train from Carmela, Totò meets his friend Amilcare and a beautiful American journalist named Lana Ross, which offers the two a deal. Toto and Amilcare have to pretend detectives, who are investigating the death of many girls at the hands of a serial killer nicknamed "Bluebeard". Toto has to be the main dish of deception, because he has to pretend to be the boyfriend of Lana, who in the meantime is trying to fool the murderous Bluebeard, pretending to be in love with him.

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References

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  1. ^ Moliterno p.48

Bibliography

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  • Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
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