La femme et le pantin 1958 The Female Brigitte Bardot

Handsome and rich Spanish gentleman abandons his wife and riches for his love of a young girl of poor stock who taunts and degrades him. Only after she has humbled him mercilessly does she offer him her love in the end. Director Julien Duvivier Writers Julien Duvivier Marcel Achard (screenplay) Albert Valentin (screenplay) Stars Brigitte Bardot Antonio Vilar Darío Moreno In Her Hands Men Were Her Was Like Walking Blindfolded Into a Jungle She couldn t love a man completely til she brought him down to her own passionate level She was a special kind of girl with no heart, fiery, dramatic, more jungle cat than kitten There has never been a woman The married brutal innocent desperate the Woman Like Satan Release date February 13, 1959 (France) Countries of origin France Italy Languages Spanish French Also known as Ein Weib wie der Satan Filming locati