The Image is a 1975 Americanadultdrama that was re-released in an edited version in 1976. The film is also known by two other titles: The Punishment of Anne and The Mistress and the Slave and was directed by Radley Metzger. The film is based upon the classic 1956 sadomasochisticnovelL'Image, written by Catherine Robbe-Grillet and published under the pseudonym of "Jean de Berg".