Mexico, 1962
95m
35mm film, black and white, 1.33:1
mono (RCA Sound System), Spanish
A Mexican fantasy film directed by Luis Buñuel.
Plot Summary
The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Luis Buñuel
Producciones Gustavo Alatriste
Produced by: Gustavo Alatriste
Written by: Luis Buñuel
Story by: Luis Buñuel, Luis Alcoriza
Director of Photography: Gabriel Figueroa
Editor: Carlos Savage
Music by: Raúl Lavista
Additional Music: Pietro Domenico Paradisi, Domenico Scarlatti
Sound: José B. Carles, James L. Fields
Sound Recording Engineer: Galdino R. Samperio
Costume Designer: Georgette Somohano
Makeup Artist: Armando Meyer
Hair Stylist: Esperanza Gómez
Special Effects: Juan Muñoz Ravelo
Production Designer: Jesús Bracho
Cast
Silvia Pinal (Leticia ‘La Valkiria’)
Enrique Rambal (Edmundo Nobile)
Claudio Brook (Julio, Mayordomo; Steward)
José Baviera (Leandro Gomez)
Augusto Benedico (Carlos Conde; )
Antonio Bravo (Sergio Russell)
Jacqueline Andere (Alicia de Roc)
César del Campo (Alvaro, Coronel; Colonel)
Rosa Elena Durgel (Silvia)
Lucy Gallardo (Lucía de Nobile)
Enrique García Álvarez (Alberto Roc)
Ofelia Guilmáin (Juana Avila)
Nadia Haro Oliva (Ana Maynar)
Tito Junco (Raúl)
Xavier Loyá (Francisco Avila)
Xavier Massé (Eduardo)
Ofelia Montesco (Beatriz)
Luis Beristáin (Cristián Ugalde)
Patricia Morán (Rita Ugalde)
Patricia de Morelos (Blanca)
Alternative Titles
Andjeo unistenja – Yugoslavia (Serbian)
L’ange exterminateur – France
L’angelo sterminatore – Italy
Aniol zaglady – Poland
O Anjo Exterminador – Brazil, Portugal
O Exolothreftis angelos – Greece
The Exterminating Angel – English language title, USA
Minagoroshi no Tenshi – Japan
Mordängeln – Sweden
Morderenglen – Denmark
Az Öldöklo angyal – Hungary
Tuhon enkeli – Finland
Der Würgeengel – West Germany
References
Books
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.128 – credits
