DramaMystery
Man on the Tracks
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?
Directed by Andrzej Munk
69
User score
24 votes
Status
Released
Released
January 17, 1957
Runtime
1h 21m
Language
Polish
Top cast
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)
Roman Hubczenko
Sleeping Railwayman (uncredited)
Józef Kalita
Conductor chasing Zapora (uncredited)
Zygmunt Malawski
Conductor (uncredited)
Dobrosław Mater
Train Passenger (uncredited)
