---
title: 'Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Bresson'
released: '1966-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Sweden'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/au-hasard-balthazar-1966'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060138/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)

1966 · 95 min · Drama, Crime · France, Sweden

Original title: Au hasard Balthazar

## Synopsis

Au hasard Balthazar, also known as Balthazar, is a 1966 tragedy film written and directed by Robert Bresson. Believed to be inspired by a passage from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1868–69 novel The Idiot, the film follows a donkey as he is given to various owners, most of whom treat him callously.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Bresson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-bresson)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Bresson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-bresson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jean Wiener](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-wiener)
- **Producer:** [Mag Bodard](https://cinepixo.com/people/mag-bodard)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ghislain Cloquet](https://cinepixo.com/people/ghislain-cloquet)

## Cast

- [René Pascal](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-pascal)
- [Anne Wiazemsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-wiazemsky)

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