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.
Directed by Paul Paviot
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Cast
Carl Studer
Casimir Pantalaskas
Ana María Cassan
Anna-Maria
Bernard Lajarrige
Clergeon
Daniel Emilfork
The baron
Jacques Marin
Tropmann
Albert Rémy
Georges Battistini
Dominique Boschero
The brunette prostitute
Marie-Hélène Dasté
The illuminated
Hubert Deschamps
Rabiniot
Yvette Etiévant
Maria Clairgeon
Lucien Guervil
Brigadier Cogneau
Max Montavon
The waiter
Gérard Baranes
Patrick de Bardine
The son of the illuminated
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