
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...
Top Billed Cast

Romy Schneider
Elsa Wiener / Lina Baumstein

Michel Piccoli
Max Baumstein

Helmut Griem
Michel Wiener

Dominique Labourier
Charlotte Maupas

Gérard Klein
Maurice Bouillard
Featured Crew

Dominique Besnehard
Casting
Jean Kerchner
Executive Producer

Raymond Danon
Producer

Jean Penzer
Director of Photography

Georges Delerue
Original Music Composer

Artur Brauner
Producer

Jacques Rouffio
Director

Jacques Rouffio
Screenplay

Joseph Kessel
Novel
Anna Ruiz
Editor
Jean-Jacques Caziot
Art Direction

Jacques Kirsner
Screenplay