The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
Fernando Rey
Don Rafael
Delphine Seyrig
Simone Thévenot
Paul Frankeur
François Thévenot
Stéphane Audran
Alice Sénéchal
Bulle Ogier
Florence
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Henri Sénéchal
Julien Bertheau
Monsignor Dufour
Claude Piéplu
Colonel
Michel Piccoli
Interior Minister
François Maistre
Inspector Delecluze
Pierre Maguelon
Police Sergeant
Maxence Mailfort
Sergeant Recounting Dream
Milena Vukotić
Ines
Maria Gabriella Maione
Guerrilla
Muni
Peasant
Georges Douking
Gardener
Christian Baltauss
Lt. Hubert de Rochcahin
Bernard Musson
Waiter
Jacques Rispal
Gendarme
Robert Le Béal
Couturier
Robert Benoît
(uncredited)
Anne-Marie Deschodt
(uncredited)
Ellen Bahl
(uncredited)
Jean-Michel Dhermay
(uncredited)
Jean Degrave
(uncredited)
Sébastien Floche
(uncredited)
Claude Jaeger
(uncredited)
Pierre Lary
(uncredited)
Alix Mahieux
(uncredited)
Robert Party
(uncredited)
Amparo Soler Leal
(uncredited)
Madeleine Bouchez
Tea Salon Patron (uncredited)
Roger Caccia
Tea Salon Pianist (uncredited)
Olivier Bauchet
François Guilloteau
Jean-Claude Jarry
Jean Revel
Diane Vernon
Edmond Richard
Director of Photography
Jacqueline Guyot
Costume Design
Hélène Plemiannikov
Editor
Luis Buñuel
Director
Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
Serge Silberman
Producer
Luis Buñuel
Screenplay
Albert Rajau
Assistant Production Design
Pierre Guffroy
Production Design
Jean Lara
Unit Manager
Albert Rajau
Assistant Art Director
Fernande Hugi
Makeup Artist
Arnie Gelbart
Assistant Director
Pierre Lefait
Location Manager
Pierre Lary
Assistant Director
Luis Buñuel
Sound Effects
François Suné
Property Master
Odette Berroyer
Makeup Artist
Gina Pignier
Assistant Editor
Ulrich Picard
Production Manager
Bernard Noisette
Camera Operator
Jacques Carrère
Sound Mixer
Guy Villette
Sound Engineer
Suzanne Durrenberger
Script Supervisor