| Description |
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. |
| Note |
Special features: Director biography ; Original poster. |
| Cast |
Kazimierz Opaliński, Zygmunt Maciejewski, Zygmunt Zintel, Zygmunt Listkiewicz, Roman Kłosowski. |
| Credits |
Cinematographers, Romuald Kropat, Jerzy Wójcik ; editors, Miroslawa Garlicka, Jadwiga Zajicek. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1957. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
An engine driver is found slumped across train tracks in the middle of the night. Characters who knew the man investigate his death, each relating their own interpretation. This classic of anti-Stalinism film examines the problems of 1950s Poland. |
| Awards |
Critics Prize, Best Film, Best Director, 1957 Karoly Vary Film Festival |
| Language |
Polish dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Railroads -- Poland -- Employees -- Drama.
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Poland -- Social conditions -- 1945- -- Drama.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Munk, Andrzej, 1921-1961.
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Opaliński, Kazimierz, 1890-1979.
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Maciejewski, Zygmunt, 1914-1999.
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Stawiński, Jerzy Stefan, 1921-2010.
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Zintel, Zygmunt, 1911-1990.
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Facets Video (Firm)
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Polart (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Man on the tracks |
| ISBN |
1593650450 |
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9781593650452 |
| Standard No. |
644527504094 |
| Music No. |
DV504 Polart |
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