Pantalaskas (1960)
1h 30m
Running Time
February 8, 1960Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

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

Patrick de Bardine
The son of the illuminated

Tima Bengherra
A resident of Tropmann

Odette Roger
The fair ground

Abdallah Cherchour
A resident of Tropmann

Paul Demange
The librarian

Luce Fabiole
The scared lady

Serge Griboff
The taxi driver

Julien Carette
Zuwalki

René-Jean Chauffard
(uncredited)

Louise Chevalier
The prostitute's mother (uncredited)

Henri Coutet
Henri (uncredited)

Robert Deslandes
(uncredited)

Bernard Musson
(uncredited)

Laure Paillette
The lady at the police station (uncredited)

Paul Paviot
Director / Writer

René Masson
Novel

Jean Wiener
Original Music Composer

Marc Fossard
Director of Photography

Francine Grubert
Editor

Sydney Bettex
Production Design

Alain Térouanne
Associate Producer

Joël Lifschutz
Associate Producer

Madeleine Rodriguez Casanova
Associate Producer

René Thévenet
Producer

Jacques Moulières

Rudy Lenoir

Gérard Baranes
