Directed by:
Andrzej MunkCinematography:
Romuald KropatCast:
Kazimierz Opaliński, Zygmunt Maciejewski, Zygmunt Zintel, Zygmunt Listkiewicz, Roman Kłosowski, Kazimierz Fabisiak, Ludosław Kozłowski, Janusz Bylczyński (more)Plots(1)
In 1950, at night, a passenger train kills a man on the tracks. He is Orzechowski, an engineer since 1914. An inquiry immediately follows. Testimony takes the form of flashbacks. Tuszka, the station master, believes Orzechowski was a saboteur; at least one on the inquiry panel agrees. Zapora, the young engineer on the train that hit Orzechowski, gives more complicated testimony about the dead man – stiff-necked, proud, imperious, critical of Zapora and other younger workers. The signalman at the crossing where Orzechowski died also testifies. 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? (Zlín Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Kazimierz Opaliński
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
Potop (1974)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Zygmunt Maciejewski
German Empire
Best movies:
Wsród nocnej ciszy (1978)
Der Aufenthalt (1983)
Con amore (1976)
Zygmunt Zintel
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Noose (1957)
Birth Certificate (1961)
Man on the Tracks (1956)
Zygmunt Listkiewicz
Poland
Best movies:
Man on the Tracks (1956)
Eroica (1957)
Bad Luck (1960)
Roman Kłosowski
Poland
Best movies:
The Noose (1957)
Man on the Tracks (1956)
Eroica (1957)
Kazimierz Fabisiak
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Man on the Tracks (1956)
How I Unleashed World War II (1970)
Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
Ludosław Kozłowski
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Man on the Tracks (1956)
Janusz Bylczyński
Best movies:
Man on the Tracks (1956)
Brunet wieczorową porą (1976)
Pilot Pirx's Inquest (1978)
Stanisław Marzec-Marecki
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Man on the Tracks (1956)
Józef Para
Poland
Best movies:
Hit the Bank (1981)
Man on the Tracks (1956)
Gangsterzy i filantropi (1962)
Stanisław Jaworski
Best movies:
Man on the Tracks (1956)
Bad Luck (1960)
What Will My Wife Say to This? (1958)
Celina Klimczakówna
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Man on the Tracks (1956)
A Room with a View on the Sea (1977)
The Peasants (1973)
Natalia Szymańska
Best movies:
Man on the Tracks (1956)
Sami swoi (1967)
The Peasants (1973)
Józef Nowak
Poland
Best movies:
Man on the Tracks (1956)
Eroica (1957)
The Law and the Fist (1966)
Janusz Paluszkiewicz
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Birth Certificate (1961)
Man on the Tracks (1956)
Westerplatte Resists (1967)
Eugenia Herman
Poland
Best movies:
Man on the Tracks (1956)
Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema (1990)
Nothing Funny (1995)
Leon Niemczyk
Poland
Best movies:
Wielki bieg (1981) (TV movie)
Potop (1974)
Big Shar (1982)
Dobrosław Mater
Poland
Best movies:
Znachor (1981)
Man on the Tracks (1956)
Józef Kalita
Poland
Best movies:
Man on the Tracks (1956)
Piłkarski poker (1989)
The Possessed (1988)
Zygmunt Malawski
Poland
Best movies:
Wsród nocnej ciszy (1978)
Matka królów (1982)
Man on the Tracks (1956)