The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful

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 (1956-10-26)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office2,366,799 admissions (France)

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. It is also known by the alternative title of Her Bridal Night.

The film is 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 sets were designed by art director Jean d'Eaubonne.