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The Pedestrian

Original title: Der Fußgänger
  • 19731973
  • PGPG
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
249
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The Pedestrian (1973)
Drama
When a German businessman causes a car accident with deadly consequences, the papers start digging into his past to find scandals. What they find causes him to reevaluate his own past during... Read allWhen a German businessman causes a car accident with deadly consequences, the papers start digging into his past to find scandals. What they find causes him to reevaluate his own past during WW2 when he was in Greece.When a German businessman causes a car accident with deadly consequences, the papers start digging into his past to find scandals. What they find causes him to reevaluate his own past during WW2 when he was in Greece.
IMDb RATING
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249
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    • Maximilian Schell
    • Dagmar Hirtz
    • Maximilian Schell
    • Franz Seitz(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Gustav Rudolf Sellner
    • Peter Hall
    • Maximilian Schell
    • Maximilian Schell
    • Dagmar Hirtz
    • Maximilian Schell
    • Franz Seitz(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Gustav Rudolf Sellner
    • Peter Hall
    • Maximilian Schell
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    • 6User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Gustav Rudolf Sellner
    • Heinz Alfred Giese
    Peter Hall
    Peter Hall
    • Rudolf Hartmann
    Maximilian Schell
    Maximilian Schell
    • Andreas Giese
    Gila von Weitershausen
    Gila von Weitershausen
    • Karin
    Peggy Ashcroft
    Peggy Ashcroft
    • Lady Gray
    Gertrud Bald
    • Henriette Markowitz
    Elisabeth Bergner
    Elisabeth Bergner
    • Frau Lilienthal
    Lil Dagover
    Lil Dagover
    • Frau Eschenlohr
    Käthe Haack
    Käthe Haack
    • Frau von Rautenfeld
    Ruth Hausmeister
    • Inge Marie Giese
    Dagmar Hirtz
    • Elke Giese
    Johanna Hofer
    • Frau Bergedorf
    Silvia Hürlimann
    • Hilde
    Christian Kohlund
    Christian Kohlund
    • Erwin Gotz
    Walter Kohut
    • Dr. Rolf Meineke
    Alexander May
    • Alexander Markowitz
    Herbert Mensching
    • Reporter
    Peter Moland
    • Reporter
      • Maximilian Schell
      • Dagmar Hirtz
      • Maximilian Schell
      • Franz Seitz(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Margarete Schell Noé (Frau Buchmann) was the mother of the writer, director and star Maximilian Schell (Andreas Giese).
    • Connections
      References A Man Escaped (1956)
    • Soundtracks
      Symphonie Nr. 7
      Written by Ludwig van Beethoven

      Played by the Berliner Philharmoniker

      Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

    User reviews6

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    6/10
    confronting the past
    The Nazi wartime past of a prominent German industrialist is uncovered by a tabloid newspaper hungry for another exposé, and the investigation prompts a second look into the auto accident which killed the man's oldest son. Director Maximillian Schell, who appears briefly on screen (in flashback) as the deceased son, uses the story to examine the skeletons in his country's closet, and to scratch once again the collective guilt of the German people. The film's major liability is its European-style post-dubbed English soundtrack, and to a lesser degree the outdated cut-and-splice collage editing, a smokescreen technique often used to give a film more 'meaning'. Otherwise it's an engrossing study of national responsibility, and on an even more intimate scale of a man haunted by the ghosts of his criminal past.
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    • Dec 26, 2010

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      • September 6, 1973 (West Germany)
      • Switzerland
      • West Germany
      • Israel
      • German
      • French
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Jaffa, Israel
    • Production companies
      • Alfa Film
      • Braun
      • Braun Entertainment Group
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    • 1 hour 38 minutes
      • Mono

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