---
title: 'Bluebeard''s Eighth Wife (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ernst Lubitsch'
released: '1938-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 85
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bluebeards-eighth-wife-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029929/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)

1938 · 85 min · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife is a 1938 American romantic comedy film produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper. The film is based on the 1921 French play La huitième femme de Barbe-Bleue by Alfred Savoir and the English translation of the play by Charlton Andrews. The screenplay was the first of many collaborations between Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder. The film is a remake of the 1923 silent version directed by Sam Wood and starring Gloria Swanson.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ernst Lubitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lubitsch)
- **Producer:** [Ernst Lubitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lubitsch)
- **Screenplay:** [Billy Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-wilder), [Charles Brackett](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-brackett), [Alfred Savoir](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-savoir)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Friedrich Hollaender](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-hollaender)
- **Director of Photography:** [Leo Tover](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-tover)
- **Editor:** [William Shea](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-shea)

## Cast

- [Sacha Guitry](https://cinepixo.com/people/sacha-guitry)
- [Tyler Brooke](https://cinepixo.com/people/tyler-brooke)
- [Elizabeth Patterson](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-patterson)
- [Wolfgang Zilzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-zilzer)
- [Leon Ames](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-ames)
- [Rolfe Sedan](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolfe-sedan)
- [Jean De Briac](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-de-briac)
- [Gino Corrado](https://cinepixo.com/people/gino-corrado)
- [Ellen Drew](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-drew)
- [Harry Tenbrook](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-tenbrook)
- [David Niven](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-niven)
- [Claudette Colbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudette-colbert)
- [Edward Everett Horton](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-everett-horton)
- [Warren Hymer](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-hymer)
- [Franklin Pangborn](https://cinepixo.com/people/franklin-pangborn)

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