The Passerby (1982 film)
| The Passerby | |
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| Directed by | Jacques Rouffio |
| Written by | Joseph Kessel (novel) Jacques Kirsner Jacques Rouffio |
| Produced by | Artur Brauner Raymond Danon Jean Kerchner |
| Starring | Romy Schneider Michel Piccoli Helmut Griem |
| Cinematography | Jean Penzer |
| Edited by | Anna Ruiz |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
Production companies | CCC Film Films A2 |
| Distributed by | Parafrance Films Scotia International Filmverleih |
Release date | 14 April 1982 |
Running time | 110 minutes |
| Countries | France West Germany |
| Language | French |
The Passerby (original French title: La passante du Sans-Souci, "The Passerby of Sans-Souci") is a 1982 French-West German drama film directed by Jacques Rouffio, based on the 1936 novel on the same name by Joseph Kessel, and starring Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli.[1] It was the last film of Schneider.
It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Berlin and Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Jürgen Kiebach.
Synopsis
During an interview, Max Baumstein (Piccoli), respected chairman of a humanitarian organisation, shoots the Paraguayan ambassador dead, in cold blood. Tried for first-degree murder, he explains himself: the ambassador was a former Nazi official, responsible for the extermination of his foster parents.
Cast and roles
- Romy Schneider as Elsa Wiener / Lina Baumstein
- Michel Piccoli as Max Baumstein
- Helmut Griem as Michel Wiener
- Dominique Labourier as Charlotte Maupas
- Gérard Klein as Maurice Bouillard
- Mathieu Carrière as Ruppert von Legaart / Federico Lego
- Jacques Martin as Marcel, a cabaret artist
- Wendelin Werner as young Max
- Marcel Bozonnet as Mercier
- Christiane Cohendy as Hélène Nolin
- Pierre Michaël as Me Jouffroy
- Véronique Silver as presiding judge
- Maria Schell as Anna Hellwig
- Raymond Aquilon
- Béatrice Avoine
- Martine de Breteuil
- Arnaud Carbonnier
- Patricia Cartier
- André Chaumeau
- Alain MacMoy
- Stephan Meldegg
- Jacques Nolot
- Pierre Pernet
- Jean Reno as neo-Nazi
- Isabelle Sadoyan
References
- ^ Insdorf p.40
Bibliography
- Annette Insdorf. Indelible Shadows: Film and the Holocaust. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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