The Ape Woman
| The Ape Woman | |
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Italian DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Marco Ferreri |
| Written by | Rafael Azcona Marco Ferreri |
| Produced by | Carlo Ponti |
| Starring | Ugo Tognazzi Annie Girardot |
| Cinematography | Aldo Tonti |
| Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
| Music by | Teo Usuelli |
Production companies | Compagnia Cinematografica Champion Les Films Marceau Cocinor |
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Running time | 94 minutes (director's cut) 98 minutes (French version) |
| Countries | Italy France |
| Languages | Italian French |
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."