Pantalaskas (1960)
Comedy
Drama
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.
Cast
Casimir Pantalaskas
Anna-Maria
Brigadier Cogneau
The waiter
The son of the illuminated
A resident of Tropmann
The fair ground
A resident of Tropmann
The librarian
Clergeon
The scared lady
The taxi driver
Zuwalki
(uncredited)
The prostitute's mother (uncredited)
Henri (uncredited)
The baron
(uncredited)
(uncredited)
The lady at the police station (uncredited)
Tropmann
Georges Battistini
The brunette prostitute
The illuminated
Rabiniot
Maria Clairgeon
Crew
Director
Novel
Writer
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Editor
Production Design
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Producer