Man on the Tracks

Man on the Tracks (1957)

Drama Mystery

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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  • Release Date: 1957-01-17
  • Runtime: 1h 21min
  • Director: Andrzej Munk

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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)

  • Leon Niemczyk

    Man doing Business at a Train Platform (uncredited)