Studiocanal’s Cult Classics Announces The Worldwide 4K Debut Of The Richard Burton Comedy Chiller Bluebeard
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Carl Roberts 
Starring Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, and Nathalie Delon, the cult comedy chiller, Bluebeard, is coming to 4K UHD this September. Furthermore, it will be released by Studiocanal’s Cult Classics.
He had a way with the world’s most beautiful, most seductive, most glamorous women. BLUEBEARD – starring RICHARD BURTON (Villain) – is making its worldwide UHD debut on September 28 as part of STUDIOCANAL’s Cult Classics range. It comes with a beautiful new 4K restoration, new extras, and a 12-page booklet. There is also fantastic new artwork by Thomas Hodge (aka The Dude Designs). The film is also released on Blu-ray and Digital.
From legendary producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind (Superman), and directed by Edward Dmytryk (Shalako), BLUEBEARD is inspired by real events. It features an astonishing title performance from Burton as a charming, seductive Austrian aristocrat with a lust for women… and murder! The outstanding supporting cast includes Raquel Welch (One Million Years B.C.), Nathalie Delon (When Eight Bells Toll), Virni Lisi (La Reine Margot), Marilù Tolo (Themroc), Karin Schubert (Black Emanuelle), Agostina Belli (Scent of a Woman), Sybil Danning (The Four Musketeers). They appear as the ladykiller’s ill-fated victims. In addition, Joey Heatherton (Where Love Has Gone) stars as the final girl!
A TERRIFIC SCORE
With a terrific score from Ennio Morricone (Once Upon a Time in the West), and lavishly filmed by Gábor Pogány (Valdez is Coming), BLUEBEARD is a wildly entertaining, wickedly sexy X-rated comedy thriller treat. Kitsch, camp, and curiously unseen for years, it is now available for the first time in all its gruesome glory in 4K.
THE PREMISE
Kurt Von Sepper (Richard Burton) is an Austrian aristocrat noted for his blue-toned beard and his appetite for beautiful women. When his latest spouse, Anne, enters the one room that Von Sepper forbade her from, she discovers a vault filled with the frozen bodies of his previous wives…
THE SPECIAL FEATURES
NEW Interview with Anna Bogutskaya, co-founder of The Final Girls podcast
NEW Audio Commentary by film historians Howard S. Berger and Nathaniel Thompson
Making a Difference: Jean Porter-Dmytryk on Edward Dmytryk
The 4K UHD and Blu-ray both include a 12-page booklet with a new essay from Peter Raleigh
Certificate: 18
Running Time: 124mins approx.
BLUEBEARD is available to buy on 4K UHD, Blu-ray ,and Digital from 28th September 2026 and is available to pre-order.
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