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The Passerby (1982)

The Passerby (1982)

Drama
Release Date: 1982, April 14
Directors: Jacques Rouffio
Countries: Germany, France
Production: Elephant Production, Elephant Production
Cast: Jean Reno, Maria Schell, Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli, Helmut Griem, Jacques Martin, Dominique Labourier, Mathieu Carrière, Marcel Bozonnet, Gérard Klein, Véronique Silver, Christiane Cohendy

Overview:

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...