Night Train (1959 film)
| Night Train | |
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 Zbigniew Cybulski, Staszek | |
| Directed by | Jerzy Kawalerowicz |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Jan Laskowski |
| Edited by | Wieslawa Otocka |
| Music by | Andrzej Trzaskowski |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
Night Train (Polish: Pociąg), also known as The Train,[1] or Baltic Express,[2] is a 1959 Polish film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz and starring Zbigniew Cybulski, Lucyna Winnicka and Leon Niemczyk. Night Train received numerous awards including the Georges Méliès award, and the Best Foreign Actress at the 1959 Venice Film Festival awarded to Lucyna Winnicka for her role as Marta in Night Train.[3]
Plot
Two strangers, Jerzy (Leon Niemczyk) and Marta (Lucyna Winnicka), accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the Baltic Sea coast; and reluctantly agree to share the 2-bed single-gender compartment. Also on board is Marta's spurned lover Staszek (Zbigniew Cybulski), unwilling to accept her decision to break up after a short term affair, and leave her alone. When the police enter the train in search of a murderer on the lam, rumors fly and everything seems to point toward one of the main characters as the culprit.[1]
Cast
- Lucyna Winnicka - Marta
- Leon Niemczyk - Jerzy
- Zbigniew Cybulski - Staszek
- Teresa Szmigielówna - Lawyer's Wife
- Helena Dąbrowska - Train Controller
- Ignacy Machowski - Passenger
- Roland Głowacki - Murderer
- Aleksander Sewruk - Lawyer
- Zygmunt Zintel - Passenger Suffering from Insomnia
- Tadeusz Gwiazdowski - Train Controller
- Witold Skaruch - Priest
- Michał Gazda - Passenger Flirting with Lawyer's Wife
- Zygmunt Malawski - Policeman
See also
References
- ^ a b Peter G. Baker (1959). Films and Filming. London: Hansom Books, Paperback. p. 31.
- ^ John Wakeman (1987). World Film Directors: 1945-1985. H.W. Wilson. pp. 501, 503. ISBN 0824207637.
- ^ Marek Haltof (2015). Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 110, 163, 260. ISBN 978-1442244726.
External links
- Night Train at IMDb
