L'Âge d'or
L'Âge d'or

L'Âge d'or

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1930
1h 3m
6.7(325 votes)
Romance
Comedy
Drama

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.

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Gaston Modot

The Man

Gaston Modot
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Lya Lys

The Woman

Lya Lys
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Caridad de Laberdesque

Marquise' Chambermaid / Girl at Blangis' Castle

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Max Ernst

Bandit Leader in the Hut

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Josep Llorens Artigas

Governor

Josep Llorens Artigas
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Lionel Salem

Duke of Blangis

Lionel Salem
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Germaine Noizet

Marquise of X

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Duchange

Orchestra Conductor

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Bonaventura Ibáñez

Marquis of X

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Writing

Jean Aurenche

Bandit (uncredited)

Jean Aurenche
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Jacques Brunius

Passer-by in the Street (uncredited)

Jacques Brunius
Directing

Luis Buñuel

(uncredited)

Luis Buñuel
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Jean Castanier

Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

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Juan Castañe

Bandit (uncredited)

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Pancho Cossío

Lame Bandit (uncredited)

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Simone Cottance

Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

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Marie Berthe Ernst

Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

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Juan Esplandiu

Bandit (uncredited)

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Pedro Flores

Bandit (uncredited)

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Claude Heymann

Extra (uncredited)

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Costume & Make-Up

Valentine Hugo

Governor's Wife (uncredited)

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Jean-Paul Le Chanois

Duke of Blangis' Follower (uncredited)

Jean-Paul Le Chanois
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Marval

Defenestrated Bishop (uncredited)

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Juan Ramón Masoliver

Extra (uncredited)

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Jaume Miravitlles

Bandit (uncredited)

Jaume Miravitlles
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Manuel Ángeles Ortiz

Forester (uncredited)

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Jaime Otero

Extra (uncredited)

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Joaquin Peinado

Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

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Roland Penrose

Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

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Writing

Valentine Penrose

Woman in Car with Ostensory (uncredited)

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Production

Domingo Pruña

Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

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Writing

Jacques Prévert

Passer-by in the Street (uncredited)

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Directing

Pierre Prévert

Péman (uncredited)

Pierre Prévert
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Joaquín Roa

Bandit (uncredited)

Joaquín Roa
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Raymond de Sarka

Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

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Paul Éluard

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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