The film opens with a title card reading "Once upon a time". A man (Luis Buñuel) sharpens his razor at his balcony door and tests the razor on his thumb. He then opens the door, and idly fingers the razor while gazing at the … See more

• Simone Mareuil as Young Girl (as Simonne Mareuil)
• Pierre Batcheff as Young Man and Second Young Man (as Pierre Batchef) See more

The first screening of Un Chien Andalou took place at Studio des Ursulines, with an audience of le tout-Paris. Notable attendees of the première included Pablo Picasso See more

During the original 1929 screening in Paris, Buñuel selected music which he played live on a gramophone. Modern prints of the film … See more

Development
The screenplay of the film is based on two dreams of its creators Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali. The idea for the film began when Buñuel was … See more

Among the most enthusiastic viewers of the film were the wealthy couple Viscount Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles, who commissioned Dalí and Buñuel to create a sequel, of around … See more

Film scholar Ken Dancyger has argued that Un Chien Andalou might be the genesis of the filmmaking style present in the modern See more