...And God Created Woman

"...but the devil invented Brigitte Bardot!"

1956 1h 32m FR

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6.1

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★6.1TMDB · 273

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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18-year-old orphan Juliette's unbridled appetite for pleasure shakes up all of St Tropez; her sweet but naïve husband Michel endures beatings, insults, and mambo in his futile attempts to tame her wild ways.

“...but the devil invented Brigitte Bardot!”

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Cast

Brigitte Bardot
Juliette Hardy
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Michel Tardieu
Curd Jürgens
Eric Carradine
Jane Marken
Madame Morin
Jean Tissier
M. Vigier-Lefranc
Isabelle Corey
Lucienne
Jacqueline Ventura
Mme Vigier-Lefranc
Christian Marquand
Antoine Tardieu

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Roger Vadim
Writers: Raoul Lévy, Roger Vadim
Languages: English, French
Countries: France

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Grossed $33M — a 110.0× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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3 / 8

ERA

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70 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Roger Vadim, shot by Armand Thirard. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Paul Misraki. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Victoria Mercanton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Brigitte Bardot and Jean-Louis Trintignant and Curd Jürgens carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Roger Vadim directs. Armand Thirard behind the camera. Paul Misraki scores. Victoria Mercanton cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in France. Dialogue in English, French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $0.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $33M — a 110.0× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
370 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
5Directed by Roger Vadim, shot by Armand Thirard. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Paul Misraki. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Victoria Mercanton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Brigitte Bardot and Jean-Louis Trintignant and Curd Jürgens carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "...but the devil invented Brigitte Bardot!".
10IMDB entry: tt0049189 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Released under 14 different titles around the world.