Man on the Tracks

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 - Orzechowski

Zygmunt Maciejewski - Tuszka

Zygmunt Zintel - Sałata

Zygmunt Listkiewicz - Zapora

Roman Kłosowski - Nowak

Janusz Bylczyński - Ward, 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