Pantalaskas

Pantalaskas

90 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 8, 1960

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.

Pantalaskas

90 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 8, 1960

Pantalaskas
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.
Producers Contact Organisation, Paris Interproductions (PIP), Alter Films, Pavox Films
Original title Pantalaskas
Directors Paul Paviot
Writers René Masson, Paul Paviot

Cast

Carl Studer

as Casimir Pantalaskas

Ana María Cassan

as Anna-Maria

Bernard Lajarrige

as Clergeon

Daniel Emilfork

as The baron

Jacques Marin

as Tropmann

Albert Rémy

as Georges Battistini

Dominique Boschero

as The brunette prostitute

Marie-Hélène Dasté

as The illuminated

Hubert Deschamps

as Rabiniot

Yvette Etiévant

as Maria Clairgeon

Lucien Guervil

as Brigadier Cogneau

Max Montavon

as The waiter

Patrick de Bardine

as The son of the illuminated(

Tima Bengherra

as A resident of Tropmann

Odette Roger

as The fair ground

Abdallah Cherchour

as A resident of Tropmann

Paul Demange

as The librarian

Luce Fabiole

as The scared lady

Serge Griboff

as The taxi driver

Julien Carette

as Zuwalki

René-Jean Chauffard

as (uncredited)

Louise Chevalier

as The prostitute's mother (uncredited)

Henri Coutet

as Henri (uncredited)

Robert Deslandes

as (uncredited)

Bernard Musson

as (uncredited)

Laure Paillette

as The lady at the police station (uncredited)