Man on the Tracks
Man on the Tracks is a 1956 film by Andrzej Munk.
Summary
The film tells the story, mostly in flashback, of a railway worker who was fired from his job for alleged sabotage of the Socialist methods of work.Background
Man on the Tracks was one of the first films of the Polish [Film School] and as such influenced the whole generation of young directors who participated in the movement.Historian Dorota Niemitz writes:
Cast
- Kazimierz Opaliński - Władysław Orzechowski
- Zygmunt Maciejewski - Tuszka
- Zygmunt Zintel - Witold Sałata
- Zygmunt Listkiewicz - Stanisław Zapora
- Roman Kłosowski - Marek Nowak
- Janusz Bylczyński - Warda, member of the committee
- Józef Para - railwayman
- Natalia Szymańska - wife of Orzechowski
- Józef Nowak - helper of Orzechowski
- Janusz Paluszkiewicz - Krokus, a mechanic
- Leon Niemczyk - man on the platform
- Stanisław Jaworski - Franek, a friend of Orzechowski