In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.
Costume
The zero-G strip tease opener—iconic, ridiculous, pure cinema.
Production
The shag-carpet spaceship interior is unhinged production design.
Acting
Fonda commits so hard to the bit it becomes art.
Director
Roger Vadim
Jane Fonda
Barbarella
John Phillip Law
Pygar
Anita Pallenberg
The Great Tyrant
Marcel Marceau
Professor Ping
Claude Dauphin
President of Earth
Milo O'Shea
Concierge / Durand-Durand
Véronique Vendell
Captain Moon
Serge Marquand
Captain Sun
Catherine Chevallier
Stomoxys
David Hemmings
Dildano
Ugo Tognazzi
Mark Hand
Giancarlo Cobelli
Jean-Paul
Fabienne Fabre
La femme arbre
Corinne Fontaine
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film basically invented the 'sexy space babe' trope that plagued sci-fi for decades. You're welcome and sorry.
Marcel Marceau's speaking role was his only one—he insisted on performing all his own mime elsewhere.
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