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The Exterminating Angel

The degeneration of high society!

7.9(777)19621h 33m4

After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves unable to depart... and, over the next few days, all of their elaborate societal pretenses and façades deteriorate as they are reduced to living like animals.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
—
Language
Spanish
  • sheep
  • quarantine
  • upper class
  • guest
  • room
  • surrealism
  • lamb
  • bear
  • mansion
  • black and white
  • roman catholic church
  • pretension

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Luis Buñuel

Produced in

Mexico

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNRNew York Film Festival10 Sept 1963
    • TheatricalNR21 Aug 1967
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical+1318 Jun 1963
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1416 Dec 1962
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Digital / OTT15+3 Dec 2008
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1615 Mar 1963
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival16 May 1962
    • TheatricalU1 May 1963
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical183 Oct 1966
    • TV1828 Apr 1976
  • GreeceGR

    • TheatricalRe-release24 Jul 2025
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical14+2 Nov 1968
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical1 Aug 1981
  • MexicoMX

    • Theatrical (limited)B1 Oct 1964
    • TheatricalB22 Sept 1966
  • PolandPL

    • Digital / OTT1621 Jun 2005

Frequently asked questions

The Exterminating Angel was released on 16 May 1962.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    3/8/2026

    7/10

    This is not only one of my favourite Luis Buñuel features but it is up there amongst my top horror movies too - and there are precisely no spooks nor jump-scares at all. It’s a collection of the great and the good who have assembled for a lavish dinner party at the home of “Lucia” (Lucy Gallardo) and husband “Edmundo” (Enrique Rambal). We have already ascertained that there is quite a bit of unhappiness amongst their…

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