Le Coucher de la Marie or Bedtime for the Bride is a short French pornographic film and one of the first pornographic films made. Shot in 1896

1896 in film

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, it was produced by Eugène Pirou

Eugène Pirou

Eugène Pirou was an early French filmmaker and photographer who made one of the first pornographic films, Le Coucher de la Marie in which Louise Willy performed a striptease, only a year after the first public screening of motion pictures, though he made his name filming the Tsar's visit to Paris...

 and directed by Léar (Albert Kirchner).

General information

The original film was 7 minutes long, though years after collecting dust in the vaults at the French Film Archives, only two minutes (which includes merely foreplay) of the film exist. The short stars Louise Willy along with an unknown actor.