An off-beat, uneven tale about a man intent on suicide and the three people who try to talk him out of it, Pantalaskas stars American Carl Studer in the title role of the morose, would-be suicide. Set in Paris and taking place over an entire night, the story has a complication in that the trio who want to prevent the suicide do not speak the man's language -- he is Lithuanian and speaks no French. So the protagonists comb the underbelly of a nighttime Paris, looking high and low but mostly low for anyone who speaks Lithuanian. Depending mainly on dialogue for its impact, the verbose drama reveals how the protagonists undergo a transformation as the night wears on.
Carl Studer
as Casimir Pantalaskas
Ana María Cassan
as Anna-Maria
Bernard Lajarrige
as Clergeon
Daniel Emilfork
as The baron
Jacques Marin
as Tropmann
Albert Rémy
as Georges Battistini
Dominique Boschero
as The brunette prostitute
Marie-Hélène Dasté
as The illuminated
Hubert Deschamps
as Rabiniot
Yvette Etiévant
as Maria Clairgeon
Lucien Guervil
as Brigadier Cogneau
Max Montavon
as The waiter
