The Passerby
6.6
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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Cast
24 people
Romy Schneider
Elsa Wiener / Lina Baumstein
Known for
Sissi
The Trial
Michel Piccoli
Max Baumstein
Known for
We Have a Pope
Contempt
Helmut Griem
Michel Wiener
Known for
Cabaret
The Damned
Dominique Labourier
Charlotte Maupas
Known for
Céline and Julie Go Boating
City of Women
Gérard Klein
Maurice Bouillard
Known for
Frantic
In Gold We Trust
Mathieu Carrière
Ruppert von Leggaert / Federico Logo
Known for
The Tunnel
Young Törless
Jacques Martin
Marcel
Also in
Sex Shop
Na !
Wendelin Werner
Young Max Baumstein
No other roles listed
Marcel Bozonnet
Mercier
Known for
Out 1
Christiane Cohendy
Helene Nolin
Known for
The Horseman on the Roof
Read My Lips
Pierre Michaël
Me Jouffroy
Known for
The African
Véronique Silver
President of the Court
Known for
The Woman Next Door
White Wedding
Jacques Rouffio Director · Jacques Kirsner Screenplay Joseph Kessel Author
Director Screenplay
Jacques Rouffio
Screenplay
Jacques Kirsner
Author
Joseph Kessel
Composer
Georges Delerue
Cinematographer
Jean Penzer
Editor
Anna Ruiz
Production designer
Jean-Jacques Caziot
Production designer
Hans Jürgen Kiebach
Costume designer
Catherine Leterrier
Costume designer
Elisabeth Tavernier
United States release August 14, 1983 · Produced in France, Germany · Original title La Passante du Sans-Souci
Production
Elephant Production
Production
France · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
La Passante du Sans-Souci
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · April 14, 1982
Theatrical
United States · August 14, 1983
Theatrical
Belgium
September 23, 1982 · Theatrical
France
May 17, 2000 · Physical · DVD
January 23, 2019 · Theatrical · Re-release, Restored version
February 6, 2019 · Digital · VOD
May 11, 2021 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Germany
October 22, 1982 · Theatrical · West Germany
May 13, 1983 · Theatrical · East Germany
Netherlands
November 11, 1982 · Theatrical
October 27, 2012 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
February 3, 1983 · Theatrical
Spain
May 2, 1983 · Theatrical
XC
March 1, 1992 · Digital
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