The Passerby (1982)

04/14/1982 (FR) • 1h 50m

Drama

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...

Top Billed Cast

Romy Schneider

Elsa Wiener / Lina Baumstein

Michel Piccoli

Max Baumstein

Helmut Griem

Michel Wiener

Dominique Labourier

Charlotte Maupas

Gérard Klein

Maurice Bouillard

Mathieu Carrière

Ruppert von Leggaert / Federico Logo

Wendelin Werner

Young Max Baumstein


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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

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Revenue

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