Very Blue Beard (Russian: Очень синяя борода, Ochen sinjaja boroda) is a 1979 Soviet musical comedy animated film loosely based on the Bluebeard fairy tale by Charles Perrault. Directed by , screenplay by Arkady Arkanov. Cinematography by . Original music score by Gennady Gladkov. Lyrics by Yuliy Kim. Released by T/O Ekran. A detective is investigating the crimes of the medieval duke Bluebeard – is the latter really guilty of murdering his wives?