The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful

The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful (French: La mariée est trop belle) is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and starring Brigitte Bardot, Micheline Presle and Louis Jourdan.[2] It was also known by the alternative title of Her Bridal Night.[3]

The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful
Directed byPierre Gaspard-Huit
Written by
Based onThe Bride Is Much Too Beautiful by Odette Joyeux
Produced byChristine Gouze-Rénal
Starring
CinematographyLouis Page
Edited byLouisette Hautecoeur
Music byNorbert Glanzberg
Production
companies
  • Generale de Films
  • Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma
Distributed byPathé Consortium Cinéma
Release date
26 October 1956
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office2,366,799 admissions (France)[1]

The film was based on the 1954 novel of the same title by Odette Joyeux. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in Saint-Émilion in Southern France. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne.

Cast

References

  1. Box office information for film at Box Office Story
  2. Phillips & Vincendeau p.129
  3. "La Mariée est Trop Belle 1956". The Louis Jourdan Website. Retrieved 21 Jan 2014.

Bibliography

  • Phillips, Alastair & Vincendeau, Ginette. Journeys of Desire: European Actors in Hollywood. British Film Institute, 2006.
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