The Passerby (1983)

  • NR
  • 08/14/1983 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 50m

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...

Jacques Rouffio

Director, Screenplay

Joseph Kessel

Novel

Jacques Kirsner

Screenplay

Cast

Romy Schneider's headshot

Romy Schneider

Elsa Wiener / Lina Baumstein
Michel Piccoli's headshot

Michel Piccoli

Max Baumstein
Helmut Griem's headshot

Helmut Griem

Michel Wiener
Dominique Labourier's headshot

Dominique Labourier

Charlotte Maupas
Gérard Klein's headshot

Gérard Klein

Maurice Bouillard
Mathieu Carrière's headshot

Mathieu Carrière

Ruppert von Leggaert / Federico Logo
Jacques Martin's headshot

Jacques Martin

Marcel
Wendelin Werner's headshot

Wendelin Werner

Young Max Baumstein

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