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The Passerby

The Passerby

19826.11h 50m

Overview

Max Baumstein is a reputable businessman who founded an international organization fighting against violations of human rights. Why would he commit an act that apparently negates the principles he has striven for so long to uphold? As he is tried for first-degree murder for killing a Paraguayan ambassador in cold blood, he reveals a secret about himself that he kept hidden from his wife Lina. His act is the conclusion of a struggle that started many decades earlier in his childhood...

Directed by Jacques Rouffio
Written by Joseph Kessel, Jacques Rouffio, Jacques Kirsner
Produced by Artur Brauner, Raymond Danon
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Top Cast

Romy Schneider

Romy Schneider

Elsa Wiener / Lina Baumstein

Michel Piccoli

Michel Piccoli

Max Baumstein

Helmut Griem

Helmut Griem

Michel Wiener

Dominique Labourier

Dominique Labourier

Charlotte Maupas

Gérard Klein

Gérard Klein

Maurice Bouillard

Mathieu Carrière

Mathieu Carrière

Ruppert von Leggaert / Federico Logo

Jacques Martin

Jacques Martin

Marcel

Wendelin Werner

Wendelin Werner

Young Max Baumstein

Marcel Bozonnet

Marcel Bozonnet

Mercier

Christiane Cohendy

Christiane Cohendy

Helene Nolin

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About The Passerby

The Passerby is a drama film released in 1982. Directed by Jacques Rouffio, it stars Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli, Helmut Griem. Max Baumstein is a reputable businessman who founded an international organization fighting against violations of human rights. Why would he commit an act that apparently negates the principles he has striven for so long to uphold? As he is tried for first-degree murder for killing a Paraguayan ambassador in cold blood, he reveals a secret about himself that he kept hidden from his wife Lina. His act is the conclusion of a struggle that started many decades earlier in his childhood...

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