The Passerby (1982)
Max Baumstein is a reputable businessman who founded an international organization fighting against violations of human rights. Why would he commit an act that apparently negates the principles he has striven for so long to uphold? As he is tried for first-degree murder for killing a Paraguayan ambassador in cold blood, he reveals a secret about himself that he kept hidden from his wife Lina. His act is the conclusion of a struggle that started many decades earlier in his childhood...
Director:
Jacques Rouffio
Writers:
Jacques Rouffio, Jacques Kirsner.
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Romy Schneider as Elsa Wiener / Lina Baumstein |
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Michel Piccoli as Max Baumstein |
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Helmut Griem as Michel Wiener |
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Dominique Labourier as Charlotte Maupas |
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Gérard Klein as Maurice Bouillard |
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Mathieu Carrière as Ruppert von Leggaert / Federico Logo |
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Jacques Martin as Marcel |
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Wendelin Werner as Young Max Baumstein |
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Marcel Bozonnet as Mercier |
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Christiane Cohendy as Helene Nolin |
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Pierre Michaël as Me Jouffroy |
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Véronique Silver as President of the Court |
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Maria Schell as Anna Helwig |
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Raymond Aquilon as |
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Béatrice Avoine as |
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Martine de Breteuil as Philharmonic Teacher |
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Arnaud Carbonnier as |
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Patricia Cartier as |
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André Chaumeau as |
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Alain MacMoy as |
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Stephan Meldegg as |
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Jacques Nolot as |
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Pierre Pernet as |
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Jean Reno as Antisemite |
| Directing | Jacques Rouffio | Director |
| Writing | Joseph Kessel | Novel |
| Writing | Jacques Rouffio | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jacques Kirsner | Screenplay |
| Production | Artur Brauner | Producer |
| Production | Raymond Danon | Producer |
| Production | Jean Kerchner | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Georges Delerue | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jean Penzer | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Anna Ruiz | Editor |
| Production | Dominique Besnehard | Casting |
| Art | Jean-Jacques Caziot | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elisabeth Tavernier | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Catherine Leterrier | Costume Design |
| Production | Ralph Baum | Executive Producer |
| Sound | William Robert Sivel | Sound Designer |
| Directing | Claire Denis | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Hans Jürgen Kiebach | Production Design |
| Art | Jean-Jacques Caziot | Production Design |