The Female (1959 film)

La Femme et le Pantin / Femmina
Directed byJulien Duvivier
Written byJulien Duvivier
Albert Valentin
Jean Aurenche
Screenplay
Marcel Achard
Dialogues
Based onLa Femme et le pantin[1]
by Pierre Louÿs
Produced byChristine Gouze-Rénal
Fred Surin
StarringBrigitte Bardot
CinematographyRoger Hubert
Edited byJacqueline Sadoul
Music byJean Wiener
José Rocca
Release dates
  • 13 February 1959 (1959-02-13) (France)
  • 4 March 1959 (1959-03-04) (Italy)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench
Box office2,453,892 admissions (France)[2]

The Female (French: La Femme et le pantin, lit.'The Woman and the Puppet', Italian: Femmina), released in the United Kingdom as A Woman Like Satan, is a 1959 French-Italian drama film directed by Julien Duvivier. It is the fourth film adaptation of the novel La Femme et le pantin by Pierre Louÿs.

  1. ^ "La Femme et le pantin von Pierre Louÿs (e-book download)". Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  2. ^ Box office information for film at Box office story