Film

Pantalaskas

1960 · 1h 30m · Comedy · Drama

IMDb

8.2

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.

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

Henri Belly

Tima Bengherra

A resident of Tropmann

• Paul PaviotDirector · Writer
• René MassonNovel
• René ThévenetProducer
• Marc FossardDirector of Photography
• Jean WienerOriginal Music Composer
• Francine GrubertEditor

Release date

February 8, 1960

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Comedy, Drama