Overview
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.
Cast
- 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)