One night in 1950 a passenger train runs over a man, who turns out to be the veteran train engineer Władysław Orzechowski, knows 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
Kazimierz Opaliński
Władysław Orzechowski
Zygmunt Maciejewski
Tuszka
Zygmunt Zintel
Witold Sałata
Zygmunt Listkiewicz
Stanisław Zapora
Roman Kłosowski
Marek Nowak
Kazimierz Fabisiak
Konarski
Ludosław Kozłowski
Karaś
Janusz Bylczyński
Warda
Stanisław Marecki
Party Secretary
Józef Para
Railwayman
Stanisław Jaworski
Franek
Celina Klimczak
Zofia Sałata
Natalia Szymańska
Orzechowski's wife
Józef Nowak
Jankowski
Janusz Paluszkiewicz
Krokus
Eugenia Herman
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Roman Hubczenko
Sleeping Railwayman (uncredited)
Józef Kalita
Conductor chasing Zapora (uncredited)
Zygmunt Malawski
Conductor (uncredited)
Dobrosław Mater
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Leon Niemczyk
Man doing Business at a Train Platform (uncredited)
Crew
Andrzej Munk
Director, Writer
Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
Screenplay, Story
Jadwiga Zajiček
Editor
Mirosława Garlicka
Co-Editor
Romuald Kropat
Director of Photography
Jakub Goldberg
Assistant Director
Paweł Komorowski
Assistant Director
Ryszard Pluciński
Assistant Director
Roman Mann
Production Design
Jan Laskowski
Camera Operator
Czesław Grabowski
Assistant Camera
Halina Dobrowolska
Costume Design
Jadwiga Swiętosławska
Makeup Designer
Zofia Macinska
Makeup Designer
Jerzy Bolesławski
Sound Assistant
T. Bielecki
Sound Assistant
Józef Bartczak
Sound
Julian Glowacki
Lighting Technician
Franciszek Garczyński
Construction Foreman
Baruch Łazarow
Still Photographer
Zofia Suchecka
Script Supervisor
Jarosław Świtoniak
Assistant Production Design
Wilhelm Hollender
Production Manager
Romuald Hajnberg
Unit Manager
Zygmunt Wójcik
Unit Manager
Michał Sosiński
Unit Manager
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