Man on the Tracks

Man on the Tracks (1957)


  • Genre: Drama, Mystery
  • Release Date: 1957-01-17
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 19 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 21min
  • Language: Polski
  • Production Company: Zespół Filmowy Kadr
  • Production Country: Poland
  • Director: Andrzej Munk
star 6.8/10
From 19 Ratings

Summary

One night in 1950 a passenger train runs over a man, who turns out to be the veteran train engineer Władysław Orzechowski, knows for his old ways and stern demeanor. As the inquiry panel tries to deduce why would a man like Orzechowski jump in front of a moving train several of the people involved in the case are interrogated, each telling their own version of the story. Can the panel arrive at the truth in a world where workers unite, inferior coal is a badge of honor, and the old order is suspect?

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  • Kazimierz Opaliński

    as Władysław Orzechowski

  • Zygmunt Maciejewski

    as Tuszka

  • Zygmunt Zintel

    as Witold Sałata

  • Zygmunt Listkiewicz

    as Stanisław Zapora

  • Roman Kłosowski

    as Marek Nowak

  • Kazimierz Fabisiak

    as Konarski

  • Ludosław Kozłowski

    as Karaś

  • Janusz Bylczyński

    as Warda

  • Stanisław Marecki

    as Party Secretary

  • Józef Para

    as Railwayman

  • Stanisław Jaworski

    as Franek

  • Celina Klimczak

    as Zofia Sałata

  • Natalia Szymańska

    as Orzechowski's wife

  • Józef Nowak

    as Jankowski

  • Janusz Paluszkiewicz

    as Krokus

  • Eugenia Herman

    as Train Passenger (uncredited)

  • Roman Hubczenko

    as Sleeping Railwayman (uncredited)

  • Józef Kalita

    as Conductor chasing Zapora (uncredited)

  • Zygmunt Malawski

    as Conductor (uncredited)

  • Dobrosław Mater

    as Train Passenger (uncredited)

  • Leon Niemczyk

    as Man doing Business at a Train Platform (uncredited)
Art Roman Mann Production Design
Directing Andrzej Munk Director
Sound Józef Bartczak Sound
Costume & Make-Up Zofia Macinska Makeup Designer
Costume & Make-Up Jadwiga Swiętosławska Makeup Designer
Production Wilhelm Hollender Production Manager
Camera Czesław Grabowski Assistant Camera
Lighting Julian Glowacki Lighting Technician
Art Jarosław Świtoniak Assistant Production Design
Art Franciszek Garczyński Construction Foreman
Sound Jerzy Bolesławski Sound Assistant
Sound T. Bielecki Sound Assistant
Camera Baruch Łazarow Still Photographer
Production Zygmunt Wójcik Unit Manager
Production Michał Sosiński Unit Manager
Production Romuald Hajnberg Unit Manager
Directing Zofia Suchecka Script Supervisor
Writing Andrzej Munk Writer
Writing Jerzy Stefan Stawiński Screenplay
Writing Jerzy Stefan Stawiński Story
Directing Jakub Goldberg Assistant Director
Directing Paweł Komorowski Assistant Director
Directing Ryszard Pluciński Assistant Director
Camera Jan Laskowski Camera Operator
Editing Mirosława Garlicka Co-Editor
Camera Romuald Kropat Director of Photography
Editing Jadwiga Zajiček Editor
Costume & Make-Up Halina Dobrowolska Costume Design

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