Man on the Tracks
Człowiek na torze
Release: 1957-01-17
·Runtime: 81m
·★ 6.8
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?
Production Countries
Poland
Production Companies
Zespół Filmowy Kadr
Cast
Janusz Paluszkiewicz
as Krokus
Eugenia Herman
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Zygmunt Malawski
as Conductor (uncredited)
Roman Kłosowski
as Marek Nowak
Stanisław Jaworski
as Franek
Józef Nowak
as Jankowski
Roman Hubczenko
as Sleeping Railwayman (uncredited)
Zygmunt Maciejewski
as Tuszka
Zygmunt Zintel
as Witold Sałata
Zygmunt Listkiewicz
as Stanisław Zapora
Kazimierz Opaliński
as Władysław Orzechowski
Kazimierz Fabisiak
as Konarski
Janusz Bylczyński
as Warda
Józef Para
as Railwayman
Józef Kalita
as Conductor chasing Zapora (uncredited)
Leon Niemczyk
as Man doing Business at a Train Platform (uncredited)
Celina Klimczak
as Zofia Sałata
Natalia Szymańska
as Orzechowski's wife
