Product Details

• Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Ava Gardner, Cicely Tyson, Robert Morley
• Directors: George Cukor
• Format: NTSC, Import, Color, Full Screen
• Subtitles: English, German, Spanish
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Ruscico
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002T2ZGQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,265 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Language: Russian (mono), Russian (DD 5.1), English (DD 5.1 original), French (DD 5.1 offscreen translation); Subtitles: Russian, English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Hebrew, Swedish, Chinese, Arabic, Japanese; No zone restriction; Fairy Tale; USSR/USA, Lenfilm, 1976, 100 min. Format: 4:3; This screen adaptation of the Maurice Maeterlinck's tale was the first Soviet-American co-production. The Blue Bird is an embodiment of happiness, both immediate and distant, that every person is sure to find if he recognizes it. The children of a woodcutter, Tiltil and Mitil, found themselves, while sleeping, in an amazing country, shown to them by Fairy Light. All domestic animals and foodstuffs come alive there and turn into real people. They helped the children fulfil the Fairy's request - find the Blue Bird, although the bird proved to look different from what the brother and sister had seen in their dreams. Awards: Honorary Diploma at the Teheran IFF for Children and Youth, 1976; Director: George Cukor; Script: Alexei Kapler, Hugh Whitemore, Alfred Hayes; Music by: Irvin Costel, Andrei Petrov; Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cicely Tyson, Ava Gardner, Margarita Terekhova, Georgy Vitsin, Oleg Popov, Nadezhda Pavlova, Todd Lookingland, Patsy Kanzit, Leonid Nevedomsky, Will Geer, Mona Washborn, Robert Morley, Garry Andrews

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blue Bird, November 24, 2004

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C. H. Koontz "movie lover" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Blue Bird / Sinyaya Ptitsa (DVD)

Hey Folks,
This is one of the best family movies I have ever seen! It was 20 years ago, in the "old" country, and I am not Russian - so there is no patriotism here.
The story is fantasic, the cast is at their best, and the Russian cinematogrpahy in adapting fairy tales has a long and excellent tradition.
This is a movie about values in life, about searching for happiness and the meaning of life, and I am extatic it is now available on DVD.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Blue Bird / Sinyaya Ptitsa, May 31, 2006

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LilNorman "LilNorman" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Blue Bird / Sinyaya Ptitsa (DVD)

This is one of the memorable movies in my life. I watched it as a kid and loved it.
So thrilled that it's on DVD now. I want my child to see it now and hopefully enjoy as much as I did when I was a kid.
A light humor, a great fairy-tale story and awesome actors- all in 1 movie!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent family entertainment! Elizabeth is just mesmerizing!!!, February 22, 2010

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Mr. D. Varkonyi "David Varkonyi" (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Blue Bird / Sinyaya Ptitsa (DVD)

This is the 3rd film version of this story, and my favourite. I watched it because i LOVE Elizabeth Taylor in just about anything. After watching it online i was desperate to find it on dvd, and i was happy i did. When i received it i immediately watched it again.
The story is so sweet, the child actors are adorable, especially the little boy he is so heart warming! Ava Gardner and Jane Fonda has 1 scene each, they both fit in the movie and great!
Elizabeth Taylor is definitely carrying the movie, playing 4 roles in it!!! First we see her as the mother which she plays with such heart, she really is the mother natural and heart warming! Then the witch, in which she is unrecognizable, she is having such fun with it! Then the light! She looks really beautiful, in parts ( like when the children return from the grandparents and Elizabeth is singing in the field ) she is simply mesmerizing!!! She has such screen presence that not many people have nowadays! Then her last role which is really short is Maternal Love in which she is still wonderful but she looks a bit tired there. But thats just an interlude before she comes back as light and then the mother again in the end of the movie!
She has made such great movies ( and some bad ones, but she even shines in those ) she is truly an actress who just radiates on screen!
The movie itself is such a sweet, heartwarming story with the performances and its so beautifully filmed, i do not understand how could it be a failure when it came out.
The dvd is okay, its a russian product, but you can watch it in original english. The picture quality is average, a bit grainy in parts, but acceptable. I wish they would release a crisp, sharp version of it, the movie itself so beautifully filmed a great wide relase might make this a successful one.
It is truly recommended to see!