Thursday, May 22, 2025

The Pedestrian - Der Fußgänger (Maximilian Schell, 1973)

Aging German man Heinz Alfred Geise is a successful business owner whose past is quite haunting; during World War II he helped orchestrate a Nazi-led bloodbath in a small Greek village. When this secret is exposed in a newspaper article, it causes his son, Andreas, to try to kill both his father and himself. 

Directed by the great actor Maximilian Shell.

A rare movie with English subtitles.

Director: Maximilian Schell. AKA The Pedestrian

Writers: Dagmar Hirtz, Maximilian Schell, Franz Seitz (uncredited).

Stars: Peggy Ashcroft, Gertrud Bald, Elisabeth Bergner, Lil Dagover, Käthe Haack, Peter Hall, Gustav Rudolf Sellner, Maximilian Schell, Ruth Hausmeister, Dagmar Hirtz, Johanna Hofer, Silvia Hürlimann, Christian Kohlund, Walter Kohut, Alexander May, Herbert Mensching, Peter Moland, Herbert Mensching Françoise Rosay. 

LINK FOR THE MOVIE: https://ok.ru/video/2563503753894

The Pedestrian - Der Fußgänger (Maximilian Schell, 1973)

Aging German man Heinz Alfred Geise is a successful business owner whose past is quite haunting; during World War II he helped orchestrate a...