La Passante Movie Review 1983

An otherwise peace-loving man murders the Paraguayan ambassador to France. In somewhat clumsy flashback style the murderer's orphaned childhood and other memories provide motives for the murder. Though posed more slowly than typical intrigue plots, the movie blends love and the legacy of Nazism, passion and politics in an engaging way, spiced with nudity and some violence. In her last screen appearance Schneider movingly portrays dual roles. In French with English subtitles.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 106 minutes.
Originally from French, German.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mystery & Suspense, Nazis & Other Paramilitary Slugs, Assassination, Adoption & Orphans, France, Foreign Intrigue, Revenge

Cast

Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli, Helmut Griem, Gerard Klein, Matthieu Carriere, Maria Schell

Director

Jacques Rouffio

Music

Georges Delerue

Producer

Raymond Dannon

Awards

Cesar 1983: Sound.