Details

Release year: 1985

Storyline

On improvising a burglary at a shady tycoon's home, Fred takes refuge in the hip and surreal universe of the Paris Metro and encounters its assorted denizens, the tycoon's henchmen and his disenchanted young wife.

Top credits

Directors

Luc Besson

Writers

Cast

Christopher Lambert — Fred
Isabelle Adjani — Héléna
Richard Bohringer — Le Fleuriste
Michel Galabru — Le Commissaire Gesberg

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Awards

0 wins & 1 nomination

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Did you know

• Luc Besson: is the train operator in the hold-up scene.

• Originally Fred was going to be played by Sting, but due to commitments to his solo career and David Lynch's Dune (1984), he eventually backed out of the film.

• Subway (1985) returned over $22 million at the box office on an investment budget of $2.6 million. It was the 3rd most popular film in France in 1985, after Three Men and a Cradle (1985) and Les Spécialistes (1985). It attracted 2,920,588 cinema-goers. The film grossed $390,659 at the box office in the United States.