---
title: 'The Bride Wore Black (1968)'
type: 'film'
director: 'François Truffaut'
released: '1968-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-bride-wore-black-1968'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061955/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Bride Wore Black (1968)

1968 · 107 min · Drama, Crime, Mystery · France, Italy

Original title: La mariée était en noir

## Synopsis

The Bride Wore Black is a 1968 psychological thriller film directed by François Truffaut from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jean-Louis Richard, based on the 1940 novel of the same name by William Irish, a pseudonym for Cornell Woolrich. It stars Jeanne Moreau, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Claude Brialy, Charles Denner, Claude Rich, Michael Lonsdale, Daniel Boulanger and Alexandra Stewart. Truffaut, a Hitchcock admirer, enlisted Bernard Herrmann to score the film. The film's costumes were designed by Pierre Cardin.

## Credits

- **Director:** [François Truffaut](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-truffaut)
- **Screenplay:** [François Truffaut](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-truffaut), [Cornell Woolrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/cornell-woolrich), [Jean-Louis Richard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-louis-richard)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernard Herrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-herrmann)
- **Producer:** [Marcel Berbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-berbert)
- **Director of Photography:** [Raoul Coutard](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-coutard)
- **Editor:** [Claudine Bouché](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudine-bouche)

## Cast

- [Christophe Bruno](https://cinepixo.com/people/christophe-bruno)
- [Edith Ker](https://cinepixo.com/people/edith-ker)
- [Claude Rich](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-rich)
- [Van Doude](https://cinepixo.com/people/van-doude)
- [Paul Pavel](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-pavel)
- [Charles Denner](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-denner)
- [Gilles Quéant](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilles-queant)
- [Jean-Claude Brialy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-brialy)
- [Serge Rousseau](https://cinepixo.com/people/serge-rousseau)
- [Daniel Boulanger](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-boulanger)
- [Michel Bouquet](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-bouquet)
- [Michael Lonsdale](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-lonsdale)
- [Jeanne Moreau](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanne-moreau)
- [Luce Fabiole](https://cinepixo.com/people/luce-fabiole)
- [Alexandra Stewart](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandra-stewart)

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