Pantalaskas

The story

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

C Carl StuderCasimir Pantalaskas A Ana María CassanAnna-Maria B Bernard LajarrigeClergeon D Daniel EmilforkThe baron J Jacques MarinTropmann A Albert RémyGeorges Battistini D Dominique BoscheroThe brunette prostitute M Marie-Hélène DastéThe illuminated H Hubert DeschampsRabiniot Y Yvette EtiévantMaria Clairgeon L Lucien GuervilBrigadier Cogneau M Max MontavonThe waiter

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G Gérard Baranes P Patrick de BardineThe son of the illuminated H Henri Belly T Tima BengherraA resident of Tropmann O Odette RogerThe fair ground A Abdallah CherchourA resident of Tropmann P Paul DemangeThe librarian J Jacques Dorbet L Luce FabioleThe scared lady L Lucien Frégis S Serge GriboffThe taxi driver R Rudy Lenoir J Jacques Moulières R Roger Trécan J Julien CaretteZuwalki R René-Jean Chauffard(uncredited) L Louise ChevalierThe prostitute's mother (uncredited) H Henri CoutetHenri (uncredited) R Robert Deslandes(uncredited) B Bernard Musson(uncredited) L Laure PailletteThe lady at the police station (uncredited)