The People from the Train (1961)

  • NR
  • 05/11/1961 (PL)
  • Drama, War
  • 1h 38m

Overview

A group of people find themselves stuck in remote train station in German-occupied Poland. A drunk German station guard there gets paranoid and sees partisans all around him, phones headquarters, and when the German soldiers arrive and search the station they find a gun. They then threaten to execute every fifth person unless someone claims it.

Kazimierz Kutz

Director

Ludwika Woźnicka

Writer

Marian Brandys

Writer

Cast

Janina Traczykówna's headshot

Janina Traczykówna

Anna
Andrzej May's headshot

Andrzej May

Piotr
Małgorzata Dziedzic's headshot

Małgorzata Dziedzic

Marylka
Danuta Szaflarska's headshot

Danuta Szaflarska

Marylka's "Aunt"
Maciej Damięcki's headshot

Maciej Damięcki

Boy
Gustaw Lutkiewicz's headshot

Gustaw Lutkiewicz

Wacuś Kwaśniewski
Jerzy Block's headshot

Jerzy Block

Station Master Kaliński
Zdzisław Tobiasz's headshot

Zdzisław Tobiasz

Bahnschützer

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