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Cast

Carl Studer

Carl Studer

Casimir Pantalaskas

Ana María Cassan

Ana María Cassan

Anna-Maria

Bernard Lajarrige

Bernard Lajarrige

Clergeon

Daniel Emilfork

Daniel Emilfork

The baron

Jacques Marin

Jacques Marin

Tropmann

Albert Rémy

Albert Rémy

Georges Battistini

Dominique Boschero

Dominique Boschero

The brunette prostitute

Marie-Hélène Dasté

Marie-Hélène Dasté

The illuminated

Hubert Deschamps

Hubert Deschamps

Rabiniot

Yvette Etiévant

Yvette Etiévant

Maria Clairgeon

Lucien Guervil

Lucien Guervil

Brigadier Cogneau

Max Montavon

Max Montavon

The waiter

Gérard Baranes

Gérard Baranes

Patrick de Bardine

Patrick de Bardine

The son of the illuminated

Henri Belly

Henri Belly

Tima Bengherra

Tima Bengherra

A resident of Tropmann

Odette Roger

Odette Roger

The fair ground

Abdallah Cherchour

Abdallah Cherchour

A resident of Tropmann

Paul Demange

Paul Demange

The librarian

Jacques Dorbet

Jacques Dorbet

Luce Fabiole

Luce Fabiole

The scared lady

Lucien Frégis

Lucien Frégis

Serge Griboff

Serge Griboff

The taxi driver

Rudy Lenoir

Rudy Lenoir

Jacques Moulières

Jacques Moulières

Roger Trécan

Roger Trécan

Julien Carette

Julien Carette

Zuwalki

René-Jean Chauffard

René-Jean Chauffard

(uncredited)

Louise Chevalier

Louise Chevalier

The prostitute's mother (uncredited)

Henri Coutet

Henri Coutet

Henri (uncredited)

Robert Deslandes

Robert Deslandes

(uncredited)

Bernard Musson

Bernard Musson

(uncredited)

Laure Paillette

Laure Paillette

The lady at the police station (uncredited)

Crew

Paul Paviot

Paul Paviot

Director

Alain Térouanne

Alain Térouanne

Associate Producer

Joël Lifschutz

Joël Lifschutz

Associate Producer

Paul Paviot

Paul Paviot

Writer

Sydney Bettex

Sydney Bettex

Production Design

René Masson

René Masson

Novel

Francine Grubert

Francine Grubert

Editor

Marc Fossard

Marc Fossard

Director of Photography

René Thévenet

René Thévenet

Producer

Jean Wiener

Jean Wiener

Original Music Composer

Madeleine Rodriguez Casanova

Madeleine Rodriguez Casanova

Associate Producer

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Pantalaskas

19600.0 / 1090 min
Comedy, Drama

Overview

An off-beat, uneven tale about a man intent on suicide and the three people who try to talk him out of it, Pantalaskas stars American Carl Studer in the title role of the morose, would-be suicide. Set in Paris and taking place over an entire night, the story has a complication in that the trio who want to prevent the suicide do not speak the man's language -- he is Lithuanian and speaks no French. So the protagonists comb the underbelly of a nighttime Paris, looking high and low but mostly low for anyone who speaks Lithuanian. Depending mainly on dialogue for its impact, the verbose drama reveals how the protagonists undergo a transformation as the night wears on.