Pantalaskas

Pantalaskas

🎞️ Movie 90 min FR
โ˜… 7.8 /10 1960

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.

Cast

Carl Studer
Carl Studer
Casimir Pantalaskas
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Ana María Cassan
Anna-Maria
Bernard Lajarrige
Bernard Lajarrige
Félix Clergeon
Jacques Marin
Jacques Marin
Tropmann
Albert Rémy
Albert Rémy
Georges Battistini
Dominique Boschero
Dominique Boschero
La prostituée brune
Marie-Hélène Dasté
Marie-Hélène Dasté
L'illuminée
Hubert Deschamps
Hubert Deschamps
Rabiniot
Daniel Emilfork
Daniel Emilfork
Le baron clochard
Yvette Etiévant
Yvette Etiévant
Maria Clairgeon
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Jean Wiener
Composer
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Marc Fossard
Cinematographer