Pantalaskas

Pantalaskas (1960)

ComedyDrama

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.

Director: Paul Paviot

Casts

	Carl Studer as Casimir Pantalaskas
	Ana María Cassan as Anna-Maria
	Bernard Lajarrige as Clergeon
	Daniel Emilfork as The baron
	Jacques Marin as Tropmann
	Albert Rémy as Georges Battistini
	Dominique Boschero as The brunette prostitute
	Marie-Hélène Dasté as The illuminated
	Hubert Deschamps as Rabiniot
	Yvette Etiévant as Maria Clairgeon
	Lucien Guervil as Brigadier Cogneau
	Max Montavon as The waiter
	Gérard Baranes as
	Patrick de Bardine as The son of the illuminated
	Henri Belly as
	Tima Bengherra as A resident of Tropmann
	Odette Roger as The fair ground
	Abdallah Cherchour as A resident of Tropmann
	Paul Demange as The librarian
	Jacques Dorbet as
	Luce Fabiole as The scared lady
	Lucien Frégis as
	Serge Griboff as The taxi driver
	Rudy Lenoir as
	Jacques Moulières as
	Roger Trécan as
	Julien Carette as Zuwalki
	René-Jean Chauffard as (uncredited)
	Louise Chevalier as The prostitute's mother (uncredited)
	Henri Coutet as Henri (uncredited)
	Robert Deslandes as (uncredited)
	Bernard Musson as (uncredited)
	Laure Paillette as The lady at the police station (uncredited)

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