Pantalaskas
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.
Cast
Carl Studer
Casimir Pantalaskas
Bernard Lajarrige
Clergeon
Daniel Emilfork
The baron
Jacques Marin
Tropmann
Albert Rémy
Georges Battistini
Dominique Boschero
The brunette prostitute
Marie-Hélène Dasté
The illuminated
Hubert Deschamps
Rabiniot
Max Montavon
The waiter
Patrick de Bardine
The son of the illuminated
Paul Demange
The librarian
Luce Fabiole
The scared lady
Lucien Frégis
Rudy Lenoir
Julien Carette
Zuwalki
René-Jean Chauffard
(uncredited)
Louise Chevalier
The prostitute's mother (uncredited)
Bernard Musson
(uncredited)
Laure Paillette
The lady at the police station (uncredited)
