The Blue Bird. 1976. Directed by George Cukor

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The Blue Bird. 1976. USA/USSR. Directed by George Cukor. Courtesy Photofest

The Blue Bird. 1976. USA/USSR. Directed by George Cukor. Screenplay by Huge Whitmore, Alfred Hayes, based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck. With Cicely Tyson, Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gardner. 35mm. 97 min.

In this 19-century Russian fairy tale, brother and sister Tyltyl and Mytyl go in search of the blue bird of happiness. Helped on their journey by a fairy called Light, the children are eager to find the bird to relieve the misery of a sick neighbor child. This US-Soviet co-production was made by the great George Cukor, who would direct only two more films before his death in 1983.

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