The Passerby
Released: April 14, 1982Runtime: 110 minLanguage: FR
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...
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Romy Schneider
as Lina Baumstein
Michel Piccoli
as Max Baumstein
Helmut Griem
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Dominique Labourier
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Gerard Klein
as Maurice Bouillard
Mathieu Carriere
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Jacques Martin
as Marcel
Wendelin Werner
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Marcel Bozonnet
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Christiane Cohendy
as Helene Nolin
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