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Czlowiek na torze

A Man on the Tracks
Un Homme sur la voie
Andrzej Munk
1956 Poland 90 minutes Polish
DR

An old mechanic has been crushed to death under the wheels of a train. A commission of inquiry is charged with bringing to light the details of his death. Will the truth as to the real personality of the railwayman, Orzechowski, finally become known? This fiction was inspired by real events decribed in the short documentary film Kolejarskie slowo (A Railwayman’s World).

Production :
Studio Filmowe Kadr
Photography :
Romuald Kropat

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