Pantalaskas

by Paul Paviot, Rene Masson, Carl Studer, screenwriter director

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France: Pavox Films, 1960. Original borderless still photograph from the 1960 film. Starring actor Carl Studer is seen on the waterfront, looking very much like Vincent Van Gogh, with one ear heavily bandaged. Based on Masson's 1955 novel, Les Comperes de Miséricorde. Pantalaskas Studer is a Lithuanian immigrant living in Paris, and when he is evicted from his hotel, decides suicide is the only solution. He tries but succeeds only in

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