Italy / Aug 26, 1959 / Venice Film Festival
1h 37min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Two strangers, Jerzy and Marta, accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the Baltic Sea coast. Also on board is Marta's spurned lover, who will not 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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Aleksander Sewruk | Lawyer |
| Zygmunt Zintel | Passenger with Insomnia |
| Tadeusz Gwiazdowski | Conductor |
| Witold Skaruch | Priest |
| Michał Gazda | Passenger flirting with the Lawyer's Wife |
| Zygmunt Malawski | Militiaman |
| Józef Łodyński | Plainclothes Militiaman |
| Kazimierz Wilamowski | Passenger sleeping in the Conductor's Car |
| Jerzy Zapiór | Young Man Fooling Around |
| Jerzy Ćwikliński | Passenger (uncredited) |
| Henryk Dudziński | Militiaman (uncredited) |
| Andrzej Herder | Sailor (uncredited) |
| Barbara Horawianka | Jerzy's Wife (uncredited) |
| Joanna Jóźwiakówna | Girl with a Transistor (uncredited) |
| Ludwik Kasendra | Passenger (uncredited) |
| Janusz Majewski | Janusz (uncredited) |
| Czesław Piaskowski | Passenger (uncredited) |
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| Klemens Roman | Canon (uncredited) |
| Andrzej Ropski | Passenger (uncredited) |
| Jadwiga Siennicka | Passenger attacked by the Murderer (uncredited) |
| Henryk Staszewski | Passenger (uncredited) |
| Mieczysław Waśkowski | Passenger (uncredited) |
Genres
DramaThriller
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Pociąg |
| Original language | Polski (PL) |
| Spoken languages | Polski |
| Production countries | Poland |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Zespół Filmowy Kadr |
| Release date | 6 settembre 1959 |
| Writer | Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Jerzy Lutowski |
| Editing | Wiesława Otocka, Aurelia Rut |
| Cinematography | Jan Laskowski, Tadeusz Jaworski, Wojciech Urbanowicz, Wiesław Zdort, Zenon Filar, Tadeusz Jakuczyn |
| Assistant directors | Mieczysław Waśkowski, Anita Janeczkowa, Paweł Komorowski, Jerzy Kawalerowicz |
| Camera operators | Wiesław Zdort, Zenon Filar, Tadeusz Jaworski, Wojciech Urbanowicz, Jan Laskowski, Tadeusz Jakuczyn |
| Additional photography | Tadeusz Jaworski, Wojciech Urbanowicz, Jan Laskowski, Wiesław Zdort, Zenon Filar, Tadeusz Jakuczyn |
| Production design | Ryszard Potocki, Franciszek Trzaskowski |
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Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Poland / Sep 06, 1959
Germany / Sep 14, 1962
Sweden / Sep 24, 1962
Finland / Dec 27, 1962
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Japan / Feb 28, 1963
Russia / Jul 18, 1966
Physical media
United Kingdom / May 27, 2013 / 12
TV
Russia / Oct 05, 1989
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