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About
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.
Theatrical
Oct 26, 1974
Box Office
$7K
Theaters
1
Director
Producers
Studio
Greenwich Film Production
Original Title
Le Fantôme de la liberté
Original Language
French
Keywords
Cast
Full credits →J
Jean-Claude Brialy
Mr. Foucault
A
Adriana Asti
Lady in Black
M
Milena Vukotić
Nurse
M
Monica Vitti
Mrs. Foucault
J
Jean Rochefort
Mr. Legendre
M
Michel Piccoli
Police Prefect #2
A
Adolfo Celi
Doctor
C
Claude Piéplu
Commissioner
P
Paul Frankeur
Innkeeper
P
Pierre Maguelon
Policeman
F
François Maistre
Professor
M
Marie-France Pisier
Mrs. Calmette
M
Michael Lonsdale
Hatter
P
Paul Le Person
Father Gabriel
J
Julien Bertheau
Police Prefect #1
M
Maxence Mailfort
Lieutenant of the Dragoons
H
Hélène Perdrière
Aunt
P
Pierre-François Pistorio
Nephew
P
Pascale Audret
Mrs. Legendre
A
Anne-Marie Deschodt
Edith Rosenblum
