Pedestrian Subway
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63% Critic Match

Pedestrian Subway

6.3 / 10 1974 28mNR Polish
DramaTV Movie

Storyline

A school teacher from a small town in Poland comes to Warsaw to see his estranged wife, a window dresser, in the hope that she will return to him rather than give him a divorce.

Cast & Crew

Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska

Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska

Lena

Lead
Andrzej Seweryn

Andrzej Seweryn

Michał

Anna Jaraczówna

Anna Jaraczówna

Janitor

Zygmunt Maciejewski

Zygmunt Maciejewski

Form Teacher

Jan Orsza-Łukasiewicz

Jan Orsza-Łukasiewicz

Beaten Man

JS

Janusz Skalski

Decorator

Marcel Łoziński

Frenchman (uncredited)

WW

Wojciech Wiszniewski

Man Looking At The Decorations (uncredited)

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Krzysztof Kieślowski's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Pedestrian Subway is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker