In 1950, at night, a passenger train kills a man on the tracks. He is Orzechowski, an engineer since 1914. An inquiry immediately follows. Testimony takes the form of flashbacks. Tuszka, the station master, believes Orzechowski was a saboteur; at least one on the inquiry panel agrees. Zapora, the young engineer on the train that hit Orzechowski, gives more complicated testimony about the dead man - stiff-necked, proud, imperious, critical of Zapora and other younger workers. The signalman at the crossing where Orzechowski died also testifies. 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?
Credits
Man on the Tracks Cast
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Character |
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Stanisław Jaworski
He was 61, 75 years old when he died
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Józef Nowak
He was 31, 58 years old when he died
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Kazimierz Opaliński
He was 66, 89 years old when he died
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as Władysław Orzechowski |
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Zygmunt Maciejewski
He was 42, 84 years old when he died
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as Tuszka |
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Zygmunt Zintel
He was 45, 79 years old when he died
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as Sałata |
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Janusz Paluszkiewicz
He was 44, 77 years old when he died
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Roman Kłosowski
He was 27, now 95 years old
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as Marek Nowak |
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Janusz Bylczyński
He was 36, 70 years old when he died
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Kazimierz Fabisiak
He was 53, 68 years old when he died
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Zygmunt Listkiewicz
He was 24, 57 years old when he died
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as Stanisław Zapora |
Man on the Tracks Crew
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Department |
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Jerzy Wójcik as Director of Photography. He was 26 (73) years old when He died
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Camera |
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Halina Dobrowolska as Costume Design. She was 27 (86) years old when She died
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Costume & Make-Up |
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Andrzej Munk as Director. He was 36 (40) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Andrzej Munk as Writer. He was 36 (40) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Jerzy Stefan Stawiński as Screenplay. He was 35 (88) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Jerzy Stefan Stawiński as Story. He was 35 (88) years old when He died
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Writing |
