Plot
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.
Trailer
Cast
Gaston Modot
The Man
Lya Lys
The Woman
Caridad de Laberdesque
Marquise' Chambermaid / Girl at Blangis' Castle
Max Ernst
Bandit Leader in the Hut
Josep Llorens Artigas
Governor
Lionel Salem
Duke of Blangis
Germaine Noizet
Marquise of X
Duchange
Orchestra Conductor
Bonaventura Ibáñez
Marquis of X
Jean Aurenche
Bandit (uncredited)
Jacques Brunius
Passer-by in the Street (uncredited)
Luis Buñuel
(uncredited)
Jean Castanier
Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)
Juan Castañe
Bandit (uncredited)
Pancho Cossío
Lame Bandit (uncredited)
Simone Cottance
Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)
Marie Berthe Ernst
Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)
Juan Esplandiu
Bandit (uncredited)
Pedro Flores
Bandit (uncredited)
Claude Heymann
Extra (uncredited)
Valentine Hugo
Governor's Wife (uncredited)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Duke of Blangis' Follower (uncredited)
Marval
Defenestrated Bishop (uncredited)
Juan Ramón Masoliver
Extra (uncredited)
Jaume Miravitlles
Bandit (uncredited)
Manuel Ángeles Ortiz
Forester (uncredited)
Jaime Otero
Extra (uncredited)
Joaquin Peinado
Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)
Roland Penrose
Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)
Valentine Penrose
Woman in Car with Ostensory (uncredited)
Domingo Pruña
Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)
Jacques Prévert
Passer-by in the Street (uncredited)
Pierre Prévert
Péman (uncredited)
Joaquín Roa
Bandit (uncredited)
Raymond de Sarka
Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)
Paul Éluard
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
