Edward Dmytryk (1908–1999)

At the outset of World War II, June McCarthy meets Carl Cutler aboard the S.S.Aleria, a British vessel en route to New York from London, where she has been dancing. The ship is sunk in mid-voyage by an unidentified submarine, and Cutler aids in rescuing June. As they arrive safely in Manhattan, June asks Cutler to contact her fiancé, Jimmy Madden, about the use of his stranded freighter, “Apache”, in Cutler’s “import business.” By this action, she has unwittingly aided Cutler, who is an undercover Nazi naval officer, with acquiring a “mother ship” for German submarines in the Atlantic. Cutler charters the “Apache” and also kidnaps June who, he fears, might realize he was responsible for the sinking of the “Alleria.” When the ship is at sea, a submarine comes along-side, and the crew climbs aboard to be met by Cutler and his aides in full uniform. Madden is informed that Cutler is now the ship’s captain, and then takes the ship on missions of commerce raiding in the Caribbean, with … (fonte: Imdb)… (altro)

Anne, la splendida moglie americana dell'aristocratico barone Von Sepper-noto per la tonalità bluastra della sua barba e per la passione per le donne-scopre un antro segreto nel castello di suo marito, nel quale sono congelati i corpi delle sue precedenti mogli. Quando Anne chiede spiegazioni al marito, questi le risponde che ha trovato una facile e rapida alternativa al divorzio...
Scritto da Ennio De Concini e Maria Pia Fusco, il film rielabora in chave psicologica la fiaba di Charles Perrault, riambientandola nella Germania dell'avvento nazista. Richard Burton è Barbablù. Le sue sette mogli sono: Raquel Welch, Virna Lisi, Agostina Belli, Marilù Tolo, Nathalie Delon, Katherine Schubert, Joy Heatherthon. La musica è di Ennio Morricone. Le riprese sono state effettuate a Budapest. (fonte: retro del dvd)… (altro)