The Pedestrian
Directed by	Maximilian Schell
Produced by	Zev Braun Maximilian Schell Franz Seitz Jr.
Music by	Manos Hatzidakis
Production companies	Alfa Film Braun Braun Entertainment Group Franz Seitz Filmproduktion MFG-Film
Distributed by	Cinerama Releasing Corporation
Release date	6 September 1973 (1973-09-06)
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	Germany Switzerland Israel
Language	German

The Pedestrian (German: Der Fußgänger) 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; the movie was distributed in the United States by Cinerama Releasing Corporation.

Cast

• Gustav Rudolf Sellner - Heinz Alfred Giese

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 [de] - 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 Pedestrian won the 1974 Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language. ^[1]

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 46th Academy Awards.^[2] It was also nominated for Best Foreign Language Film by the U.S. National Board of Review.^[3]