History Film / Bluebeard1972

* ProfessionalSexEd: A variation-- when the Baron ends up being scared away from intimacy with Erika due to her antics in bed, she meets up with a prostitute so that she can teach her on how to pleasure the Baron. While different from the usual usage of this trope (namely, that the client is usually a boy on his first time), here it's justified in that Erika is very [[{{Manchild}} infantile]] (as seen by her aforementioned bedroom antics) and has no clue when it comes to lovemaking, and while it seemed that the "lesson" was originally conceived as strictly a demonstration, Erika ends up getting a bit too into the "lesson" and sleeps with the prostitute.

** A more conventional one happens during the scene where the prostitute is teaching Erika about pleasuring. When the prostitute teaches Erika about kissing by actually kissing her, the camera cuts to show the Baron secretly watching them through a peephole in a stained glass window, as we hear Erika moaning of pleasure, indicating that her "teaching lesson" with the prostitute became something more.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: To the world at large, the Baron von Sepper is a war hero, a patriot and a ladykiller, as opposed to being a literal lady killer and a fascist.

* MoodWhiplash: While the film is an adaptation of a macabre folktale, it still presents its events in a {{Camp}}, BlackComedy way (much like other adaptations and the folktale itself were, in fact). However, it being set in the 1930s and making Bluebeard a leading member of a Nazi-like organization results in him being shown performing a brutal pogrom at one point early on, which looks more like it should belong to a serious war drama rather than the Hammer Horror imitation the rest of the movie is. In fact, the only thing that avoids making the scene a [[invoked]] BigLippedAlligatorMoment is that [[spoiler:a man shown stalking Anne through the film is revealed at the end to be one of the victims of said pogrom and ends up killing the Baron]].

* ProfessionalSexEd: A variation, when the Baron ends up being scared away from intimacy with Erika due to her antics in bed, she meets up with a prostitute so that she can teach her on how to pleasure the Baron. While different from the usual usage of this trope (namely, that the client is usually a boy on his first time), here is justified in that Erika is very [[{{Manchild}} infantile]] (as seen by her aforementioned bedroom antics) and demonstrates having no clue when it comes to lovemaking, and while it seemed that the "lesson" was originally conceived as strictly a demonstration, Erika ends up getting a bit too into the "lesson", and she ends up sleeping with the prostitute.

* AnimalAssassin: The Baron kills Caroline by using his trained falcon to have her falconed to death.

* GroinAttack: When the Baron ends up fighting Brigitte, she at one point ends up kneeling him, hitting him right in the family jewels.

''Bluebeard'' is a 1972 thriller comedy-drama film directed by Creator/EdwardDmytryk and starring Creator/RichardBurton in the title role, with a supporting cast that includes Joey Heatherton, Creator/RaquelWelch, Creator/VirnaLisi, Nathalie Delon, Marilu Tolo, Karin Schubert, and Creator/SybilDanning. Its basic premise comes from [[Literature/{{Bluebeard}} the French folktale of the same name]], but with noticeable alterations.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: A rather contrived one. When the prostitute gives Erika lessons in stripping, she advises her to keep her stockings on for an extra touch, telling her "Keep them on until death." The Baron ends up killing them while they are both nude, except for wearing stockings.

''Bluebeard'' is a 1972 thriller film directed by Creator/EdwardDmytryk and starring Creator/RichardBurton in the title role, with a supporting cast that includes Joey Heatherton, Creator/RaquelWelch, Creator/VirnaLisi, and Creator/SybilDanning. Its basic premise comes from [[Literature/{{Bluebeard}} the French folktale of the same name]], but with noticeable alterations.

* MsFanservice: All of Bluebeard's wives are drop-dead gorgeous, being played by some of the most attractive actresses at the time, and every one of them (except Raquel Welch) gets naked at some point. [[https://lecinemadreams.blogspot.com/2014/02/bluebeard-1972.html One review]] referred to the film as "Basically a ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' magazine pictorial disguised as a film."[[note]]Karin Schubert, who played Greta in the movie, not only appeared in nude layouts for several magazines in later years, but ended up acting in pornographic movies.[[/note]]

* MsFanservice: All of Bluebeard's wives are drop-dead gorgeous, being played by some of the most attractive actresses at the time, and every one of them (except Raquel Welch) gets naked at some point. [[https://lecinemadreams.blogspot.com/2014/02/bluebeard-1972.html One review]] referred to the film as "Basically a ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' magazine pictorial disguised as a film."