
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.

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)

Intimates
Intimates

Coyote
Coyote

They Call Me Joy
They Call Me Joy
Am Weibe zerschellt
Am Weibe zerschellt

Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane

Metropolis
Metropolis

Just Friendship
Just Friendship

Émilie
Émilie

Love Is Not a Game, But a Joke
Love Is Not a Game, But a Joke

The Scent of Death
The Scent of Death

Looks That Kill
Looks That Kill

Behind the Door
Behind the Door