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