The Passerby

The Passerby

110 mins | Drama | April 14, 1982

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...

The Passerby

110 mins | Drama | April 14, 1982

The Passerby
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...
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Elephant Production
Original title La Passante du Sans-Souci
Directors Jacques Rouffio, Claire Denis
Writers Jacques Kirsner, Jacques Rouffio, Joseph Kessel

Cast

Romy Schneider

as Elsa Wiener / Lina Baumstein

Michel Piccoli

as Max Baumstein

Helmut Griem

as Michel Wiener

Dominique Labourier

as Charlotte Maupas

Gérard Klein

as Maurice Bouillard

Mathieu Carrière

as Ruppert von Leggaert / Federico Logo

Jacques Martin

as Marcel

Wendelin Werner

as Young Max Baumstein

Marcel Bozonnet

as Mercier

Christiane Cohendy

as Helene Nolin

Pierre Michaël

as Me Jouffroy

Véronique Silver

as President of the Court

Maria Schell

as Anna Helwig

Martine de Breteuil

as Philharmonic Teacher

Jean Reno

as Antisemite