Actors: Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli, Helmut Griem, Mathieu Carrière, Gérard Klein, Maria Schell, Dominique Labourier
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Passerby (1982)
Based on a Joseph Kessel novel, THE PASSERBY ( la Passante du Sans-Souci )is a movie directed by Jacques Rouffio in 1982 and is also the last film of Romy Schneider. Four nominations for the french Academy Awards.
Max -Michel Piccoli- Baumstein, the wealthy President of a non-governmental Organisation, kills Mathieu Carrière, the Ambassador of Paraguay, in his Paris office. During his trial, he will explain what has lead him to this totally unexpected action.
50 years before, his father has been killed by the German S.A. in the Berlin of 1933 and he was taken in by Romy Schneider and Helmut Griem, a German couple who didn't agree with Hitler politics. After the arrest of Griem by the Gestapo, Romy Schneider and the little Max Baumstein came to Paris where Romy survived by singing in a cabaret. In order to get the release of her husband, she will finally accept to spend the night with her admirer, the german diplomat Mathieu Carrière. But Carrière will do away with Schneider and Griem when finally reunited in Paris. 50 years later, Piccoli will avenge them.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of The Passerby (1982)
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Crime & Scandal
Yes
War impact on civilians/veterans
Yes
Vigilante/Revenge?
Yes
Kind of conflict:
- war (general)
- war, WW II
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average build
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Jewish
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- govt employee
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
- Germany
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- moving train
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
