Captive Wild Woman
1943
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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.
The Ape Woman: Directed by Marco Ferreri. With Ugo Tognazzi, Annie Girardot, Achille Majeroni, Elvira Paolini. A modest Neapolitan man meets a young woman with excessive hairiness. He exhibits her at fairs and marries her.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Marco Ferreri
- 1964-01-31
Apr 9, 2024 · Known as the "Ape Woman" and the "Baboon Lady," Julia Pastrana was a 19th-century sideshow performer whose face and body were covered in hair. Though she could sing and speak three languages, Pastrana was treaded more like an animal than a star.
Antonio manages to convince the shy, self-conscious girl to leave with him to become a freak attraction as "The Ape Woman," supposedly captured in Africa. The act attains some financial success, but the humiliation is too much for the girl and she returns to the home.
- Marco Ferreri, Giancarlo Santi
- Ugo Tognazzi
A hair-covered woman becomes the property of a cruel entrepreneur who plans to use her as a freak attraction.
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- Ugo Tognazzi
- Marco Ferreri
- Drama
The Ape Woman (1964) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
An unscrupulous hustler (a magnificent Ugo Tognazzi), discovers the young woman in a convent and marries her in order to get her on the freak-show circuit and cash in on the distinctive appearance of her body and face covered in hair.
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