Man on the Tracks

Man on the Tracks (1957)

DramaMystery

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?

Director: Andrzej Munk
Writer: Jerzy Stefan Stawiński

Casts

	Kazimierz Opaliński as Władysław Orzechowski
	Zygmunt Maciejewski as Tuszka
	Zygmunt Zintel as Witold Sałata
	Zygmunt Listkiewicz as Stanisław Zapora
	Roman Kłosowski as Marek Nowak
	Kazimierz Fabisiak as Konarski
	Ludosław Kozłowski as Karaś
	Janusz Bylczyński as Warda
	Stanisław Marecki as Party Secretary
	Józef Para as Railwayman
	Stanisław Jaworski as Franek
	Celina Klimczak as Zofia Sałata
	Natalia Szymańska as Orzechowski's wife
	Józef Nowak as Jankowski
	Janusz Paluszkiewicz as Krokus
	Eugenia Herman as Train Passenger (uncredited)
	Roman Hubczenko as Sleeping Railwayman (uncredited)
	Józef Kalita as Conductor chasing Zapora (uncredited)
	Zygmunt Malawski as Conductor (uncredited)
	Dobrosław Mater as Train Passenger (uncredited)
	Leon Niemczyk as Man doing Business at a Train Platform (uncredited)

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