Man on the Tracks

Overview

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

Top cast

Kazimierz Opaliński

Władysław Orzechowski

Zygmunt Maciejewski

Tuszka

Zygmunt Zintel

Witold Sałata

Zygmunt Listkiewicz

Stanisław Zapora

Roman Kłosowski

Marek Nowak

Kazimierz Fabisiak

Konarski

L

Ludosław Kozłowski

Karaś

Janusz Bylczyński

Warda

S

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)

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