The Passerby

Drama

1982

110 minutes

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...

Cast

Romy Schneider image
Romy Schneider
Michel Piccoli image
Michel Piccoli
Helmut Griem image
Helmut Griem
Dominique Labourier image
Dominique Labourier
Gérard Klein image
Gérard Klein
Mathieu Carrière image
Mathieu Carrière
Jacques Martin image
Jacques Martin
Wendelin Werner image
Wendelin Werner
Marcel Bozonnet image
Marcel Bozonnet
Christiane Cohendy image
Christiane Cohendy
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The Passerby
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