Pantalaskas
Pantalaskas
Release: 1960-02-08
·Runtime: 90m
Comedy
Drama
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Contact Organisation
Pavox Films
Alter Films
PIP
Cast
Patrick de Bardine
as The son of the illuminated
Bernard Musson
as (uncredited)
Jacques Marin
as Tropmann
Marie-Hélène Dasté
as The illuminated
Jacques Moulières
Laure Paillette
as The lady at the police station (uncredited)
Hubert Deschamps
as Rabiniot
Henri Belly
René-Jean Chauffard
as (uncredited)
Henri Coutet
as Henri (uncredited)
Yvette Etiévant
as Maria Clairgeon
Luce Fabiole
as The scared lady
Julien Carette
as Zuwalki
Louise Chevalier
as The prostitute's mother (uncredited)
Carl Studer
as Casimir Pantalaskas
Dominique Boschero
as The brunette prostitute
Paul Demange
as The librarian
Lucien Frégis
Rudy Lenoir
Bernard Lajarrige
as Clergeon
Daniel Emilfork
as The baron
Max Montavon
as The waiter
Albert Rémy
as Georges Battistini
