The Phantom of Liberty
Le Fantôme de la liberté
Comedy
Luis Bunuel's kinkiest comedy.
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.
1974-09-10
fr
Cast
Director
Luis Buñuel
Jean-Claude Brialy as Mr. Foucault
Adriana Asti as Lady in Black
Milena Vukotić as Nurse
Monica Vitti as Mrs. Foucault
Jean Rochefort as Mr. Legendre
Michel Piccoli as Police Prefect #2
Adolfo Celi as Doctor
Claude Piéplu as Commissioner
Paul Frankeur as Innkeeper
Pierre Maguelon as Policeman
François Maistre as Professor
Marie-France Pisier as Mrs. Calmette
Michael Lonsdale as Hatter
Paul Le Person as Father Gabriel
Julien Bertheau as Police Prefect #1
Maxence Mailfort as Lieutenant of the Dragoons
Hélène Perdrière as Aunt
Pierre-François Pistorio as Nephew
Pascale Audret as Mrs. Legendre
Anne-Marie Deschodt as Edith Rosenblum
Bernard Verley as Captain of the Dragons
Jenny Astruc as Professor's Wife
Ellen Bahl as Françoise
Philippe Brigaud as Satyr
Philippe Brizard as Bartender at Georges
Agnès Capri as School Principal
Jean Champion as Doctor #1
Jacques Debary as Court President
Jean-Michel Dhermay as French Officer
Marius Laurey as Cemetery Guardian
Alix Mahieux as Hostess at Social Reception
Guy Montagné as Monk
Bernard Musson as Father Raphaël
Muni as Foucauld Family Nanny
Jean Mauvais as Police Officer
Marcel Pérès as Monk
Jean Rougerie as Charles
André Rouyer as Brigadier
Marianne Borgo
Jean Degrave
Orane Demazis as Police Prefect #1's Mother
Luis Buñuel as Condemned Man (uncredited)