''Night Train'' (
Polish: ''Pociąg''), also known as ''The Train'',
or ''Baltic Express'',
is a 1959
Polish film directed by
Jerzy Kawalerowicz and starring
Zbigniew Cybulski,
Lucyna Winnicka and
Leon Niemczyk
Leon Stanisław Niemczyk (15 December 1923 – 29 November 2006) was a Polish actor.
Niemczyk developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1960s, known for serious dramas, including historical dramas and war films. He appeared in ove ...
. ''Night Train'' received numerous awards including the
Georges Méliès award
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An awar ...
, and the Best Foreign Actress at the 1959
Venice Film Festival
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awarded to Lucyna Winnicka for her role as Marta in ''Night Train''.
Plot
Two strangers, Jerzy (
Leon Niemczyk
Leon Stanisław Niemczyk (15 December 1923 – 29 November 2006) was a Polish actor.
Niemczyk developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1960s, known for serious dramas, including historical dramas and war films. He appeared in ove ...
) and Marta (
Lucyna Winnicka), accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the
Baltic Sea
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The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and fr ...
coast
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; 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.
Cast
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Lucyna Winnicka - Marta
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Leon Niemczyk
Leon Stanisław Niemczyk (15 December 1923 – 29 November 2006) was a Polish actor.
Niemczyk developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1960s, known for serious dramas, including historical dramas and war films. He appeared in ove ...
- Jerzy
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Zbigniew Cybulski - Staszek
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Teresa Szmigielówna - Lawyer's Wife
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Helena Dąbrowska - Train Controller
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Ignacy Machowski
Ignacy Machowski (5 July 1920 – 11 January 2001) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1954 to 1999.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1920 births
2001 deaths
Burials at Powązki Cemetery
P ...
- Passenger
* - Murderer
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Aleksander Sewruk
Aleksander Sewruk (17 January 1912 – 23 November 1974) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 20 films between 1954 and 1974. At the 1st Moscow International Film Festival he won a Silver Medal for acting for his role in the film '' ...
- Lawyer
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Zygmunt Zintel - Passenger Suffering from Insomnia
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Tadeusz Gwiazdowski - Train Controller
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Witold Skaruch - Priest
* - Passenger Flirting with Lawyer's Wife
* - Policeman
See also
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Cinema of Poland
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List of Polish language films
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Night Train
1959 films
1950s mystery films
1959 crime films
Polish crime films
Polish mystery films
1950s Polish-language films
Films directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Rail transport films