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One night in 1950 a passenger train runs over a man, who turns out to be the veteran train engineer Władysław Orzechowski, know 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?Read moreLess
One night in 1950 a passenger train runs over a man, who turns out to be the veteran train engineer Władysław Orzechowski, know 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?
The story
One night in 1950 a passenger train runs over a man, who turns out to be the veteran train engineer Władysław Orzechowski, know 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?
Cast & crew
Kazimierz OpalińskiWładysław Orzechowski
Zygmunt MaciejewskiTuszka
Zygmunt ZintelWitold Sałata
Zygmunt ListkiewiczStanisław Zapora
Roman KłosowskiMarek Nowak
Kazimierz FabisiakKonarski
Janusz BylczyńskiWarda
Józef ParaRailwayman
Stanisław JaworskiFranek
Celina KlimczakZofia SałataExplore the crew
- Director
- Andrzej Munk
- Writer
- Andrzej Munk
- Screenplay
- Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
- Director of Photography
- Romuald Kropat
- Editor
- Jadwiga Zajiček