L'inconnu de Strasbourg (1998)

Director:

Valeria Sarmiento

Writers:

Gérard Mordillat, Evelyne Pieiller,

Stars:

Ornella Muti, Charles Berling, Johan Leysen

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ornella Muti	...	Madeleine Wals
Charles Berling	...	Jean-Paul
Johan Leysen	...	Bastien
Christian Vadim	...	Audiard
Laurence Masliah	...	Magda
Francis Freyburger	...	Orgel
Jacques Pieiller	...	Robert
Georges Du Fresne	...	Allumet (as Georges Du Fresnes)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Martin Adamiec	...	Le peintre
Xavier Boulanger	...	Le docteur Petra
Ricardo Di Napoli	...	Le médecin
Pierre Diependale	...	Le notaire
Geneviève Faul	...	L'assistante sociale
Dinah Faust	...	La voyante
Christophe Feltz	...	Klaus

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

destiny | gun | restaurant | inheritance | big coincidence | 

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Genres:

Thriller

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

19 August 1998 (France)

Also Known As:

O Desconhecido de Estrasburgo

Filming Locations:

Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+, Gémini Films, Madragoa Filmes

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

The lapse of memory is for scenarists.

How many times was amnesia used in thrillers?Here,Charles Berling's character is a cross between Michel Auclair's one in "pas de pitié pour les femmes"(1950) and Tom Berenger's one in "shattered" (1990)None of those two works were particularly memorable,but "shattered" provided its fair share of thrills(remember the scene in which Berenger finds back ..his head).

The French attempt is really pitiful.It would have taken writers of Boileau-Narcejac calibre to pull off such a far-fetched story :conspiracies,mystery characters,psychological tension necessitate a concrete script.Here there are enough plot holes to fill the Albert Hall,as the Beatles used to sing.Actors do not seem to believe in what they are playing.At least "shattered " ,if unlikely,followed a logical story.

And ,as far as amnesia is concerned,you will always be better off with Hitchcock's " spellbound",(1945)which remains an unsurpassed model of the genre.If you have not seen this masterpiece yet,please do it!