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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.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Action,Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
115min.
Director(s):
Jacques Rouffio
Starring:
Romy Schneider , Michel Piccoli , Helmut Griem , Wendelin Werner , Mathieu Carrière
Keywords:
Nazism,ambassador [political],anti-Fascist,childhood,concentration-camp,espionage,exile,flashback,killing,memory,motive,murder,orphan,passion,politician,relationship,revenge
Language:
French