Man on the Tracks

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Man on the Tracks
Directed by	Andrzej Munk
Written by	Andrzej Munk Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
Starring	Kazimierz Opaliński
Cinematography	Jerzy Wójcik
Distributed by	KADR
Release date	1957
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Poland
Language	Polish

Man on the Tracks (Polish: Człowiek na torze) is a 1956 film by Andrzej Munk.

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.

The film tells the story, mostly in flashback, of a railway worker who is fired from his job for alleged sabotage of the Socialist methods of work.

Cast[]

• Kazimierz Opaliński - Władysław Orzechowski
• - Tuszka
• Zygmunt Zintel - Witold Sałata
• - Stanisław Zapora
• Roman Kłosowski - Marek Nowak
• - Warda, member of the committee
• - railwayman
• - wife of Orzechowski
• Józef Nowak - helper of Orzechowski
• Janusz Paluszkiewicz - Krokus, a mechanic
• Leon Niemczyk - man on the platform
• - Franek, a friend of Orzechowski

See also[]

• Cinema of Poland
• List of Polish-language films

External links[]

• Człowiek na torze at IMDb

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