The Passerby

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...

• Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer
• Jacques RouffioDirector
• Jacques RouffioScreenplay
• Jacques KirsnerScreenplay

• Romy SchneiderElsa Wiener / Lina Baumstein
• Michel PiccoliMax Baumstein
• Helmut GriemMichel Wiener
• Dominique LabourierCharlotte Maupas
• Gérard KleinMaurice Bouillard
• Mathieu CarrièreRuppert von Leggaert / Federico Logo
• Jacques MartinMarcel
• Wendelin WernerYoung Max Baumstein
• Marcel BozonnetMercier
• Christiane CohendyHelene Nolin
• Pierre MichaëlMe Jouffroy
• Véronique SilverPresident of the Court