La passante du Sans-Souci (1982)

Max Baumstein is a reputable businessman, a rich self-made man with a conscience - he founded a highly visible and active international organization fighting against violations of human ... See full summary »

Director:

Jacques Rouffio

Writers:

Jacques Rouffio (scenario and adaptation), Jacques Kirsner (scenario and adaptation),

Stars:

Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli, Helmut Griem

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Romy Schneider	...	Elsa Wiener / Lina Baumstein
Michel Piccoli	...	Max Baumstein
Helmut Griem	...	Michel Wiener
Dominique Labourier	...	Charlotte Maupas
Gérard Klein	...	Maurice Bouillard
Mathieu Carrière	...	Ruppert von Leggaert / Federico Logo
Jacques Martin	...	Marcel
Wendelin Werner	...	Max Baumstein jeune
Marcel Bozonnet	...	Mercier
Christiane Cohendy	...	Helene Nolin
Pierre Michaël	...	Me Jouffroy
Véronique Silver	...	La présiidente du tribunal
Maria Schell	...	Anna Helwig
Raymond Aquilon
Béatrice Avoine

Storyline

Max Baumstein is a reputable businessman, a rich self-made man with a conscience - he founded a highly visible and active 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? Eventually, he reveals a secret about himself that he kept hidden from his younger wife Lina, and that in a roundabout way concerns her as well. It is the conclusion of a struggle that started many decades earlier, when Elsa Wiener, a German singer exiled in Paris, without money or relations, a refugee among many others, faced two daunting problems: surviving in a foreign city, and saving her husband Michel from the clutches of the Nazis.

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Plot Keywords:

nazi | political prisoner | book editor | flashback | 1930s | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France West Germany

Language:

French

Release Date:

14 April 1982 (France)

Also Known As:

La passante

Filming Locations:

Hansaviertel, Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Elephant Production, Films A2, CCC-Filmkunst

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

The shooting was postponed because 'Romy Schneider' broke her leg. It began in May 1981, but was interrupted some weeks later. Schneider had a kidney operation and her son David died in July. The remaining scenes were shot from October to December.

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Connections

Referenced in Romy (2009)

User Reviews

Mercy and beauty

Mercy for this movie! It is not one of the greatest, it doesn't avoid some "kitsch", and is parallelization of nazism and neonazism is more than naiv... I know. But when you have the chance to see one of the most beautiful women ever appeared on a movie screen - Romy Schneider -, and see her accompanied by such a fine french actor as Michel Piccoli is - wouldn't it be foolish to play the severe judge?