Main Cast: Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli, Helmut Griem, Mathieu Carrière, Wendelin Werner, Gerard Klein
Release Year: 1982
Country: FR/WG
Run Time: 115 minutes
Plot
A man's tragic past leads him to take justice into his own hands in this troubling look at life in Europe after WWII. Max Baumstein (Michel Piccoli) is a well-known human rights activist and avowed pacifist who, to the shock and puzzlement of many, murders a politician from South America. As Baumstein goes to trial, it is revealed that his victim was in fact a Nazi war criminal who ordered the deaths of thousands of people -- including Baumstein's parents. In flashback, Max recalls the horrors of the Nazi occupation of France, and he remembers Elsa Weiner (Romy Schneider), a woman who helped save his life and struggled to free her husband Michel (Helmut Griem) from a concentration camp after he was condemned for publishing anti-fascist literature. La Passante Du Sans-Souci marked the final screen appearance of actress Romy Schneider, who played both Elsa and Baumstein's wife Lina; Schneider died of heart failure shortly after it was released. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Jean-Jacques Caziot - Art Director, Catherine Leterrier - Costume Designer, Jacques Kirsner - First Assistant Director, Jacques Rouffio - Director, Anna Ruiz - Editor, Georges Delerue - Composer (Music Score), Jean Penzer - Cinematographer, Ralph Baum - Production Manager, Raymond Danon - Producer, William Robert Sivel - Sound/Sound Designer, Jacques Kirsner - Screenwriter, Jacques Rouffio - Screenwriter, Joseph Kessel - Book Author
