
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.
Pantalaskas
February 8, 1960
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Cast (33)

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
N/A

Patrick de Bardine
The son of the illuminated

Henri Belly
N/A

Tima Bengherra
A resident of Tropmann

Odette Roger
The fair ground

Abdallah Cherchour
A resident of Tropmann

Paul Demange
The librarian

Jacques Dorbet
N/A

Luce Fabiole
The scared lady

Lucien Frégis
N/A

Serge Griboff
The taxi driver

Rudy Lenoir
N/A

Roger Trécan
N/A

Julien Carette
Zuwalki

René-Jean Chauffard
(uncredited)

Louise Chevalier
The prostitute's mother (uncredited)

Henri Coutet
Henri (uncredited)

Robert Deslandes
(uncredited)

Bernard Musson
(uncredited)

Laure Paillette
The lady at the police station (uncredited)
Crew (11)
Directing

Paul Paviot
Director
Writing

Paul Paviot
Writer

René Masson
Novel
Production

René Thévenet
Producer

Madeleine Rodriguez Casanova
Associate Producer

Joël Lifschutz
Associate Producer

Alain Térouanne
Associate Producer
Sound

Jean Wiener
Original Music Composer
Art

Sydney Bettex
Production Design
Camera

Marc Fossard
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
No data availableCrew
No data availableEditing

Francine Grubert
Editor