Film

Man on the Tracks

1957 · 1h 21m · Drama · Mystery

IMDb

7.6

One night in 1950 a passenger train runs over a man, who turns out to be the veteran train engineer Władysław Orzechowski, know 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?

Kazimierz Opaliński

Władysław Orzechowski

Zygmunt Maciejewski

Tuszka

Zygmunt Zintel

Witold Sałata

Zygmunt Listkiewicz

Stanisław Zapora

Roman Kłosowski

Marek Nowak

Kazimierz Fabisiak

Konarski

Ludosław Kozłowski

Karaś

Janusz Bylczyński

Warda

Stanisław Marecki

Party Secretary

Józef Para

Railwayman

Stanisław Jaworski

Franek

Celina Klimczak

Zofia Sałata

Natalia Szymańska

Orzechowski's wife

Józef Nowak

Jankowski

Janusz Paluszkiewicz

Krokus

Eugenia Herman

Train Passenger (uncredited)

• Andrzej MunkDirector · Writer
• Jerzy Stefan StawińskiStory · Screenplay
• Romuald KropatDirector of Photography
• Jadwiga ZajičekEditor

Release date

January 17, 1957

Status

Released

Original language

Polish

Runtime

1h 21m

Genres

Drama, Mystery