The Ape Woman(Movie, 1964)

Name: The Ape Woman
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1964
Duration: T01:32:00
Rating: 3.7

Original title: "La donna scimmia" (Italian/IT)

1h 32min | Genres: Drama, Comedy

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 24 votes)

The Ape Woman (Italian: La donna scimmia, French: Le Mari de la femme à barbe) is a 1964 Italian-French satirical drama film directed by Marco Ferreri. The film was inspired by the real-life story of Julia Pastrana, a 19th-century woman who was exploited as a freak show attraction. In 2008, the film was included in the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." ()

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About The Ape Woman

A modest Neapolitan man meets a young woman with excessive hairiness. He exhibits her at fairs and marries her. It is after marriage that he receives a tempting offer from a French manager.

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Production countries: France, Italy

Plays in: Naples

Made by: Les Films Concordia, Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, Cocinor, Les Films Marceau

Original language: Italian (IT)

Spoken languages: French (FR), Italian (IT)

Translated into 9 languages: Czech (CS), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 01/31/1964

Cast: Ugo Tognazzi, Annie Girardot, Achille Majeroni, Ugo Rossi, Ermelinda De Felice

Director: Marco Ferreri

Producer: Carlo Ponti

Screenwriter: Rafael Azcona, Marco Ferreri

Film Editor: Mario Serandrei

Director of Photography: Aldo Tonti

Composer: Teo Usuelli

Costume designer: Piero Tosi

Production Designer: Mario Garbuglia

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Se acabó en negocio"

"Le mari de la femme à barbe"

Keywords: dark comedy

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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