POLAND · 1956
Man on the Tracks
Andrzej Munk
Polish School
death and suicide
truth and perspective
human dignity
generational conflict
institutional authority
memory and reconstruction
Synopsis
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 th
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