The Man from Nowhere
6.8
Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at several gambling resorts. He returns home and discovers that a drowned man, fished out of the river, bears an uncanny likeness to him and is being buried by his family as him. This, to him, is a pleasant turn of events and he goes to Rome, where he falls in love with Louise Paleari. Count Papiano, a jealous suitor of Louise's, threatens him with arrest unless he produces credentials to prove his identity.
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Cast
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Pierre Blanchar
Mathias Pascal / Adrien Meis
Known for
Wooden Crosses
Isa Miranda
Louise Paleari
Known for
Summertime
The Night Porter
Robert Le Vigan
Le comte Papiano
Known for
Port of Shadows
The Lower Depths
Ginette Leclerc
Romilda Pescatore
Known for
Le Corbeau
The Baker's Wife
Catherine Fonteney
Delphine Pescatore
Also in
The Red Head
The Long Absence
Charlotte Barbier-Krauss
Angelica Fede Pascal
Also in
Carrot Top
The Divine Voyage
Margo Lion
Mlle Caporale
Known for
Lola
The Breach
Sinoël
Henri Paleari
Known for
Bizarre, Bizarre
Stormy Waters
Maximilienne
La tante Scholastique
Known for
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
À Nous la Liberté
Pierre Palau
Le chevalier Titus
Known for
Carnival of Sinners
Le Corbeau
Pierre Alcover
Malagna, l'ancien prétendant et notaire de Madame Pascal
Known for
Le Million
Bizarre, Bizarre
Léonce Corne
l'hôtelier du Luxor
Known for
Very Happy Alexander
Daybreak
Pierre Chenal Director · Christian Stengel Screenplay Roger Vitrac Screenplay
First release February 18, 1937 · Produced in Italy, France · Original title L'Homme de nulle part
Production
Christian Stengel
Production
Italy · France
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Languages
Original title
L'Homme de nulle part
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · February 18, 1937
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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