“A cavalcade of magic. A carnival of fun. The Blue Bird is magic for everyone.”
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.
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Cast
37 people
Patsy Kensit
Mytyl
Known for
Lethal Weapon 2
Emmerdale
Todd Lookinland
Tyltyl
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The Karate Kid
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Elizabeth Taylor
Queen of Light/Mother/Witch/Maternal Love
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Cleopatra
Jane Fonda
The Night
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Monster-in-Law
The Newsroom
Cicely Tyson
Tylette
Known for
The Help
Fried Green Tomatoes
Ava Gardner
Luxury
Known for
Earthquake
The Killers
Margarita Terekhova
Milk
Known for
Mirror
D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers
Georgiy Vitsin
Sugar
Known for
Gentlemen of Fortune
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross
Oleg Popov
Clown
Also in
Mama
Daring Circus Youth
Nadezhda Pavlova
Blue Bird
Also in
The Sicilian Defence
Большой балет: Дон Кихот
Will Geer
Grandfather
Known for
Jeremiah Johnson
The Waltons
Mona Washbourne
Grandmother
Known for
My Fair Lady
The Collector
George Cukor Director · Hugh Whitemore Screenplay Alfred Hayes Screenplay
Worldwide gross $3.5M · Budget $12M · United States release April 30, 1976
Box office
Budget
$12,000,000
Worldwide gross
$3,500,000
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Sovinfilm
Production
Edward Lewis Productions
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
Russia · United States · Russia
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 30, 1976
Theatrical
Germany
November 4, 1976 · Theatrical
Russia
January 3, 1977 · Theatrical · In cinemas nationwide
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