The Passerby (1983)

08/14/1983 1h 50m

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Overview

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 Ages at Release

Romy Schneider

as Elsa Wiener / Lina Baumstein

Born 09/23/1938

Died 05/29/1982, age

Michel Piccoli

as Max Baumstein

Born 12/27/1925

Died 05/12/2020, age

Helmut Griem

as Michel Wiener

Born 04/06/1932

Died 11/19/2004, age

Mathieu Carrière

as Ruppert von Leggaert / Federico Logo

Born 08/02/1950, age

Maria Schell

as Anna Helwig

Born 01/15/1926

Died 04/26/2005, age

Jean Reno

as Antisemite

Born 07/30/1948, age