Man on the Tracks

Man on the Tracks

Man on the Tracks

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Man on the Tracks

1957

1h 21m

6.8(21 votes)

Drama

Mystery

Overview

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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21 members

Acting

Kazimierz Opaliński

Władysław Orzechowski

Kazimierz Opaliński

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Zygmunt Maciejewski

Tuszka

Zygmunt Maciejewski

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Zygmunt Zintel

Witold Sałata

Zygmunt Zintel

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Zygmunt Listkiewicz

Stanisław Zapora

Zygmunt Listkiewicz

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Roman Kłosowski

Marek Nowak

Roman Kłosowski

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Kazimierz Fabisiak

Konarski

Kazimierz Fabisiak

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Ludosław Kozłowski

Karaś

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Janusz Bylczyński

Warda

Janusz Bylczyński

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Stanisław Marecki

Party Secretary

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Józef Para

Railwayman

Józef Para

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Stanisław Jaworski

Franek

Stanisław Jaworski

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Celina Klimczak

Zofia Sałata

Celina Klimczak

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Natalia Szymańska

Orzechowski's wife

Natalia Szymańska

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Józef Nowak

Jankowski

Józef Nowak

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Janusz Paluszkiewicz

Krokus

Janusz Paluszkiewicz

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Eugenia Herman

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Eugenia Herman

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Roman Hubczenko

Sleeping Railwayman (uncredited)

Roman Hubczenko

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Józef Kalita

Conductor chasing Zapora (uncredited)

Józef Kalita

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Zygmunt Malawski

Conductor (uncredited)

Zygmunt Malawski

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Dobrosław Mater

Train Passenger (uncredited)

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Leon Niemczyk

Man doing Business at a Train Platform (uncredited)

Leon Niemczyk

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