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The Passenger
Professione: reporter
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
1975•2h 6m•PG•★ 7.5
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Synopsis
A disillusioned American television documentary journalist covering a desert guerrilla rebellion in North Africa assumes the identity of a deceased businessman at his hotel, discovering too late that the dead man was an international arms dealer hunted by assassins. Michelangelo Antonioni's visual tour-de-force starring Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider, culminating in an unbroken seven-minute tracking shot through hotel window bars.
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Cast & Crew
DirectorMichelangelo Antonioni
WriterMark PeploePeter WollenMichelangelo Antonioni
CinematographyLuciano Tovoli
MusicIvan Vandor
Principal Cast
Jack NicholsonDavid Locke
Maria SchneiderGirl
Jenny RunacreRachel Locke
Ian HendryMartin Knight
Steven BerkoffStephen
José María CaffarelHotel Keeper (uncredited)
James CampbellWitch Doctor (uncredited)
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Runtime2h 6m (126 mins)
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DirectorMichelangelo Antonioni
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish, German, French
CountryIT, ES, FR, US
StudioCompagnia Cinematografica Champion • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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