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The Passerby

Original title: La Passante du Sans-Souci

  • Movie
  • 1982
  • 1h 50m

Directed by Jacques Rouffio

6.2

TMDB audience rating
6.2 out of 10 from 43 votes

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Overview

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...

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Cast and crew

  • Romy Schneider

    Romy SchneiderElsa Wiener / Lina Baumstein

  • Michel Piccoli

    Michel PiccoliMax Baumstein

  • Helmut Griem

    Helmut GriemMichel Wiener

  • Dominique Labourier

    Dominique LabourierCharlotte Maupas

  • Gérard Klein

    Gérard KleinMaurice Bouillard

  • Mathieu Carrière

    Mathieu CarrièreRuppert von Leggaert / Federico Logo

  • Jacques Martin

    Jacques MartinMarcel

  • Wendelin Werner

    Wendelin WernerYoung Max Baumstein

  • Marcel Bozonnet

    Marcel BozonnetMercier

  • Christiane Cohendy

    Christiane CohendyHelene Nolin

  • Pierre MichaëlMe Jouffroy

  • Véronique Silver

    Véronique SilverPresident of the Court

  • Maria Schell

    Maria SchellAnna Helwig

  • Raymond Aquilon

    Raymond Aquilon

  • Béatrice Avoine

    Béatrice Avoine

  • Martine de Breteuil

    Martine de BreteuilPhilharmonic Teacher

  • Arnaud Carbonnier

    Arnaud Carbonnier

  • Patricia Cartier

    Patricia Cartier

Director
Jacques Rouffio
Writer
Joseph Kessel, Jacques Rouffio and Jacques Kirsner
Music
Georges Delerue
Cinematography
Jean Penzer