This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.
as The Lady in Black, the Sister of the First Prefect
as The Nurse
as Mr. Foucault
as Mrs. Foucault
as Mr. Legendre
as The Second Police Prefect
as The Doctor
as The Commissioner
as The Innkeeper
as The Policeman
as The Professor
as Mrs. Calmette
as The Hatter
as Father Gabriel
as The First Police Prefect
as The Lieutenant of the Dragoons
as The Aunt
as The Nephew
as Mrs. Legendre
as Edith Rosenblum
as The Captain of the Dragons
as The Professor's Wife
as Françoise, the Legendre's Nurse
as The Satyr
as The Bartender at 'Georges'
as The School Principal
as The First Doctor
as Le président du tribunal
as The French Officer
as The Acquitted Murderer
as The Cemetery Guardian
as The Hostess at the Social Reception
as A Monk
as Father Raphaël
as The Foucauld Family Nanny
as A Police Officer
as A Monk
as Charles
as The Brigadier
as The Maid of the Square
as The Mother of the First Police Prefect
as A Condemned Man (uncredited)
