The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.
Top Cast
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Gaston ModotThe Man
LY
Lya LysThe Woman
CA
Caridad de LaberdesqueMarquise' Chambermaid / Girl at Blangis' Castle
MA
Max ErnstBandit Leader in the Hut
JO
Josep Llorens ArtigasGovernor
LI
Lionel SalemDuke of Blangis
GE
Germaine NoizetMarquise of X
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DuchangeOrchestra Conductor
BO
Bonaventura IbáñezMarquis of X
JE
Jean AurencheBandit (uncredited)
JA
Jacques BruniusPasser-by in the Street (uncredited)
LU
Luis Buñuel(uncredited)
JE
Jean CastanierGuest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)
JU
Juan CastañeBandit (uncredited)
PA
Pancho CossíoLame Bandit (uncredited)
SI
Simone CottanceGuest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)
MA
Marie Berthe ErnstGuest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)
JU
Juan EsplandiuBandit (uncredited)
PE
Pedro FloresBandit (uncredited)
CL
Claude HeymannExtra (uncredited)
VA
Valentine HugoGovernor's Wife (uncredited)
JE
Jean-Paul Le ChanoisDuke of Blangis' Follower (uncredited)
MA
MarvalDefenestrated Bishop (uncredited)
JU
Juan Ramón MasoliverExtra (uncredited)
JA
Jaume MiravitllesBandit (uncredited)
MA
Manuel Ángeles OrtizForester (uncredited)
JA
Jaime OteroExtra (uncredited)
JO
Joaquin PeinadoGuest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)
RO
Roland PenroseGuest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)
VA
Valentine PenroseWoman in Car with Ostensory (uncredited)
DO
Domingo PruñaGuest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)
JA
Jacques PrévertPasser-by in the Street (uncredited)
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Pierre PrévertPéman (uncredited)
JO
Joaquín RoaBandit (uncredited)
RA
Raymond de SarkaGuest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)