
L'Âge d'or
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
Gaston Modot
The Man
Gaston Modot
The Man


Lya Lys
Lya Lys
The Woman
Lya Lys
The Woman
Caridad de Laberdesque
Caridad de Laberdesque
Marquise' Chambermaid / Girl at Blangis' Castle
Caridad de Laberdesque
Marquise' Chambermaid / Girl at Blangis' Castle
Max Ernst
Max Ernst
Bandit Leader in the Hut
Max Ernst
Bandit Leader in the Hut


Josep Llorens Artigas
Josep Llorens Artigas
Governor
Josep Llorens Artigas
Governor


Lionel Salem
Lionel Salem
Duke of Blangis
Lionel Salem
Duke of Blangis
Germaine Noizet
Germaine Noizet
Marquise of X
Germaine Noizet
Marquise of X
Duchange
Duchange
Orchestra Conductor
Duchange
Orchestra Conductor
Bonaventura Ibáñez
Bonaventura Ibáñez
Marquis of X
Bonaventura Ibáñez
Marquis of X


Jean Aurenche
Jean Aurenche
Bandit (uncredited)
Jean Aurenche
Bandit (uncredited)
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