Man on the Tracks (1957)
3.9 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 26min
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- Synopsis:
In 1950, at night, a passenger train kills a man on the tracks. He is Orzechowski (Kazimierz Opalinski), an engineer since 1914. An inquiry immediately follows. Testimony takes the form of flashbacks. Tuszka (Zygmunt Maciejewski), the station master, believes Orzechowski was a saboteur; at least one on the inquiry panel agrees. Zapora (Zygmunt Listkiewicz), 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? - Actors:
- Zygmunt Zintel, Janusz Bylczynski, Roman Klosowski, Kazimierz Opalinski, Zygmunt Maciejewski
- Directors:
- Andrzej Munk
- Writers:
- Andrzej Munk, Jerzy Stefan Stawinski
- Aka:
- Czlowiek na torze
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- New waves of Polish Cinema
- Countries:
- Poland
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