Barbarella is a late 1960s science fiction film, based on a comic by the French author Jean-Claude Forest. Released in 1968, it was a popular movie that became the year's second-highest-grossing film in the United Kingdom.
The film is set in the year 4000. Barbarella is sent from Earth as a space traveller to locate an evil scientist who has developed a weapon capable of destroying Earth. Barbarella is played by the actress Jane Fonda.