L'angelo sterminatore (1962)
All'uscita dal teatro, una ventina di persone dell'alta società si ritrovano, per una cena, nella villa di città di Edmondo e Lucia Nobile. Mentre gli ospiti arrivano, i servitori, al contrario, ad eccezione del maggiordomo, se ne vanno con un pretesto o con l'altro, come sotto l'influsso di un presagio. Terminata la cena, il gruppo si riunisce in un vasto salone da ricevimento per ascoltare una famosa pianista. Si fa tardi, e gli ospiti decidono di rincasare: ma ecco, quasi un'insormontabile cortina fosse calata davanti a loro, nessuno riesce più a varcare la soglia del salone. Col trascorrere delle ore, la situazione diventa intollerabile: pur intestardendosi nel voler conservare il decoro del rango e una parvenza di etichetta, pian piano i prigionieri della misteriosa "presenza" si liberano dei loro freni inibitori, rivelandosi per quello che sono: pervertiti, ipocriti, lussuriosi, violenti.
Direttore:
Luis Buñuel
Scrittore:
Luis Buñuel
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Silvia Pinal as Leticia 'La Valkiria' |
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Jacqueline Andere as Alicia Roc |
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Claudio Brook as Butler Julio |
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Enrique Rambal as Edmundo Nóbile |
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José Baviera as Leandro Gómez |
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Augusto Benedico as Dr. Carlos Conde |
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Luis Beristáin as Cristián Ugalde |
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Antonio Bravo as Sergio Russell |
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César del Campo as Col. Álvaro |
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Bertha Moss as Leonora |
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Enrique García Álvarez as Alberto Roc |
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Lucy Gallardo as Lucía Nóbile |
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Nadia Haro Oliva as Ana Maynar |
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Ofelia Guilmáin as Juana Ávila |
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Ofelia Montesco as Beatriz |
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Patricia de Morelos as Blanca |
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Patricia Morán as Rita Ugalde |
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Rosa Elena Durgel as Silvia |
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Tito Junco as Raúl |
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Xavier Loyá as Francisco Ávila |
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Xavier Massé as Eduardo |
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Ángel Di Stefani as Bystander (uncredited) |
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Ángel Merino as Lucas (uncredited) |
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Daniel Arroyo as Old Man Trapped at Church (uncredited) |
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Fernando Yapur as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Jesús Gómez as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Juan Antonio Edwards as Johnny (uncredited) |
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Roberto Meyer as Fool (uncredited) |
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Rubén Márquez as Man Trapped at Church (uncredited) |
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Victorio Blanco as Passerby (uncredited) |
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Arturo Cobo as (uncredited) |
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Chel López as (uncredited) |
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Elodia Hernández as (uncredited) |
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Enrique del Castillo as (uncredited) |
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Eric del Castillo as (uncredited) |
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Florencio Castelló as (uncredited) |
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Guillermo Álvarez Bianchi as (uncredited) |
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Janet Alcoriza as (uncredited) |
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Luis Lomelí as (uncredited) |
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Pancho Córdova as (uncredited) |
| Writing | Luis Buñuel | Dialogue |
| Writing | Luis Buñuel | Screenplay |
| Directing | Luis Buñuel | Director |
| Art | Jesús Bracho | Production Design |
| Writing | Luis Alcoriza | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Georgette Somohano | Costume Design |
| Sound | Raúl Lavista | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Gustavo Alatriste | Producer |
| Camera | Gabriel Figueroa | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Carlos Savage | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Esperanza Gómez | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Abraham Cruz | Sound Editor |
| Sound | James L. Fields | Sound |
| Production | Antonio de Salazar | Production Manager |
| Art | Nicolás Rueda Jr. | Title Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Armando Meyer | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Manuel González | Camera Operator |
| Production | Fidel Pizarro | Unit Manager |
| Sound | Galdino R. Samperio | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Ignacio Villareal | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Arturo Ripstein | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Ángel Corona | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Pedro López | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Juan Muñoz Ravelo | Special Effects |
| Sound | José B. Carles | Sound |
| Editing | Sigfrido García | Assistant Editor |
| Lighting | Daniel López | Lighting Manager |