In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
Cast
Fernando Rey
Don Rafael
Delphine Seyrig
Simone Thévenot
Paul Frankeur
François Thévenot
Stéphane Audran
Alice Sénéchal
Bulle Ogier
Florence
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Henri Sénéchal
Julien Bertheau
Monsignor Dufour
Claude Piéplu
Colonel
Michel Piccoli
Interior Minister
François Maistre
Inspector Delecluze
Pierre Maguelon
Police Sergeant
Maxence Mailfort
Sergeant Recounting Dream
Milena Vukotić
Ines
Maria Gabriella Maione
Guerrilla
Muni
Peasant
Georges Douking
Gardener
Christian Baltauss
Lt. Hubert de Rochcahin
Bernard Musson
Waiter
Jacques Rispal
Gendarme
Robert Le Béal
Couturier
Robert Benoît
(uncredited)
Anne-Marie Deschodt
(uncredited)
Ellen Bahl
(uncredited)
Jean-Michel Dhermay
(uncredited)
Jean Degrave
(uncredited)
Sébastien Floche
(uncredited)
Claude Jaeger
(uncredited)
Pierre Lary
(uncredited)
Alix Mahieux
(uncredited)
Robert Party
(uncredited)
Amparo Soler Leal
(uncredited)
Madeleine Bouchez
Tea Salon Patron (uncredited)
Roger Caccia
Tea Salon Pianist (uncredited)
Olivier Bauchet
Unknown
François Guilloteau
Unknown
Jean-Claude Jarry
Unknown
Jean Revel
Unknown
Diane Vernon
Unknown
Crew
Luis Buñuel
Director, Screenplay, Sound Effects
Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
Hélène Plemiannikov
Editor
Gina Pignier
Assistant Editor
Edmond Richard
Director of Photography
Arnie Gelbart
Assistant Director
Pierre Lary
Assistant Director
Serge Silberman
Producer
Pierre Guffroy
Production Design
Bernard Noisette
Camera Operator
Jacqueline Guyot
Costume Design
Odette Berroyer
Makeup Artist
Fernande Hugi
Makeup Artist
Albert Rajau
Assistant Art Director, Assistant Production Design
Jacques Carrère
Sound Mixer
Guy Villette
Sound Engineer
Suzanne Durrenberger
Script Supervisor
Pierre Lefait
Location Manager
François Suné
Property Master
Ulrich Picard
Production Manager
Jean Lara
Unit Manager
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