The Pedestrian (film)
The Pedestrian is a 1973 film directed by Maximilian Schell. It is about the trial of an elderly war criminal. The film was a co-production between companies in Germany, Switzerland and Israel.Cast
In alphabetical order:
- Peggy Ashcroft - Lady Gray
- Gertrud Bald - Henriette Markowitz
- Elisabeth Bergner - Frau Lilienthal
- Lil Dagover - Frau Eschenlohr
- Käthe Haack - Frau von Rautenfeld
- Peter Hall - Rudolf Hartmann
- Ruth Hausmeister - Inge Marie Giese
- Dagmar Hirtz - Elke Giese
- Johanna Hofer - Frau Bergedorf
- Silvia Hürlimann - Hilde
- Christian Kohlund - Erwin Gotz
- Walter Kohut - Dr. Rolf Meineke
- Alexander May - Alexander Markowitz
- Herbert Mensching - Reporter
- Peter Moland - Reporter
- Françoise Rosay - Madame Dechamps
- Maximilian Schell - Andreas Giese
- Margarete Schell Noé - Frau Buchmann
- Norbert Schiller - Himself
- Walter Schmidinger - Policeman
- Franz Seitz - Dr. Karl Peters
- Manuel Sellner - Hubert Giese
- Sigfrit Steiner - Auditor
- Walter Varndal - Dr. Kratxer
- Gila von Weitershausen - Karin
- Elsa Wagner - Elsa Giese
Awards
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 46th Academy Awards. It was also nominated for Best Foreign Language Film by the U.S. National Board of Review.
