Site Revisions Underway Some Features May Not Work
Poster for Pantalaskas

Pantalaskas (1960)

★ 10.0/10 90 min Comedy, Drama France French
Director: Paul Paviot
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Carl Studer
Carl Studer Casimir Pantalaskas
Ana María Cassan Anna-Maria
Bernard Lajarrige
Bernard Lajarrige Clergeon
Daniel Emilfork
Daniel Emilfork The baron
Jacques Marin
Jacques Marin Tropmann
Albert Rémy
Albert Rémy Georges Battistini
Dominique Boschero
Dominique Boschero The brunette prostitute
Marie-Hélène Dasté
Marie-Hélène Dasté The illuminated

Powered by

TMDB
× Movie poster
Back to Film Diary Index