Le Coucher de la Mariée (Mostly Lost 1896 Pornographic film)

Le Coucher de la Mariée (Bedtime for the Bride(?)) is a silent film supposedly shot in 1896. It is believed to be the first pornographic film ever made. All that remains of the seven-minute film is the first minute and thirty seconds, which the Wikipedia article (as of 8 August 2014) sardonically states "includes merely foreplay."

The film was directed by the mysterious early filmmaker Albert Kirchner under the pseudonym "Léar," and made for the photographer Eugéne Pirou. It consisted of actress and cabaret performer Louise Willy undressing while an unknown actor sits in the room with her. According to an archived article from the English newspaper The Observer, the first minutes were found in a vault in the Centre National de la Cinematographie near Paris in about 1996.

Despite being known as the first pornographic movie, few references to this film can be found, and the Internet MOvie Database lists several movies with the same title from about the same time.