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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.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 76GoodWatch 88
IMDb7.6
Running time
1 h 30 min
Shorter than most comedies, −10 min on the typical 100
typical 10090Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Released
1960
February 8, 1960
66 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaLanguage
French
Original language
Made in
France
and 17 more20 people
- Carl StuderCasimir Pantalaskas
- Bernard LajarrigeClergeon
- Daniel EmilforkThe baron
- Jacques MarinTropmann
- Albert RémyGeorges Battistini
- Dominique BoscheroThe brunette prostitute
- Marie-Hélène DastéThe illuminated
- Hubert DeschampsRabiniot
Yvette EtiévantMaria Clairgeon
Max MontavonThe waiter
Patrick de BardineThe son of the illuminated
Paul DemangeThe librarian
Luce FabioleThe scared lady
Julien CaretteZuwalki
René-Jean Chauffard(uncredited)
Louise ChevalierThe prostitute's mother (uncredited)
Henri CoutetHenri (uncredited)
Robert Deslandes(uncredited)
Bernard Musson(uncredited)
Laure PailletteThe lady at the police station (uncredited)
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