Pantalaskas
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90 minutes
2/8/1960
Overview
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 List
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
Patrick de Bardine
as The son of the illuminated
Henri Belly
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
Luce Fabiole
as The scared lady
Lucien Frégis
Serge Griboff
as The taxi driver
Rudy Lenoir
Jacques Moulières
Roger Trécan
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)