Le Coucher de la Mariée (Bedtime for the Bride or The Bridegroom's Dilemma) is a French erotic short film considered to be one of the first erotic films ever made.

[2] The film was produced by Eugène Pirou and directed by Albert Kirchner (under the pseudonym "Léar").

She removes one by one the many layers of clothes she wears — a jacket, a dress, underskirts, sub-underskirts, a blouse.

The husband does not stay in place, sometimes mopping his front, sometimes reading a newspaper, sometimes having lecherous looks above the folding screen.

[4] The film was shot in a theater set, and featured actress Louise Willy [af; ca; fr; vo][5] who performs the striptease.