Adaptation of the classic Herman Melville short story. The narrator, an elderly Manhattan lawyer with a very comfortable business helping wealthy men deal with mortgages, deeds, and bonds, relates the story of the strangest man he has ever known.
Maxence Mailfort
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Michael Lonsdale
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Maurice Biraud
Dindon
Dominique Zardi
Cisaille
Jacques Fontanelle
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Hubert Deschamps
Le gérant
Adaptation of the classic Herman Melville short story. The narrator, an elderly Manhattan lawyer with a very comfortable business helping wealthy men deal with mortgages, deeds, and bonds, relates the story of the strangest man he has ever known.
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