Released:
1960-02-08

Overview:
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.

Director:
Paul Paviot

Runtime:
1h 30min

Genre:
Comedy, Drama

• 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