In the Beginning There Was Underwear

{{Infobox film

| name = In the Beginning There Was Underwear

| image =In the Beginning There Was Underwear.jpg

| caption =

| director = Anna Negri

| writer = Rossana Campo
Ivan Cotroneo
Davide Ferrario
Doriana Leondeff
Anna Negri

| starring =

| music =Dominik Scherrer

| cinematography = Giovanni Cavallini

| editing =

| producer =

| released = {{Film date|1999}}

| language = Italian

}}

In the Beginning There Was Underwear ({{langx|it|In principio erano le mutande}}) is a 1999 Italian romantic comedy film written and directed by Anna Negri.{{cite news|last=David Rooney |title= Review: 'In the Beginning There Was Underwear' |url= https://variety.com/2002/film/reviews/casomai-1200550038/ |access-date=12 June 2014 |newspaper=Variety |date=April 5, 1999 }}{{cite book|last=Paolo Mereghetti|title=Il Mereghetti|publisher=B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010|isbn=8860736269}}{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Enrico Lancia |author3=Roberto Poppi |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002}} It was screened in the "Forum" section at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite news|last1=Biagio Coscia|title=La figlia regista di Toni Negri "Non mi vergogno di girare soap"|date=January 30, 1999 |newspaper=Corriere della Sera}}