''Night Train'' (

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

: ''Pociąg''), also known as ''The Train'', or ''Baltic Express'', is a 1959

film directed by

Jerzy Kawalerowicz Jerzy Franciszek Kawalerowicz (19 January 1922 – 27 December 2007) was a Polish film director and politician, having been a member of Polish United Workers' Party from 1954 until its dissolution in 1990 and a deputy in Polish parliament since ...

and starring

Zbigniew Cybulski Zbigniew Hubert Cybulski (; 3 November 1927 – 8 January 1967) was a Polish actor, one of the best-known and most popular personalities of the post-World War II history of Poland. Life Zbigniew Cybulski was born 3 November 1927 in a small v ...

Lucyna Winnicka Lucyna Winnicka (14 July 1928 – 22 January 2013) was a Polish actress. She appeared in 21 films between 1954 and 1978. She played the lead role in the film ''Mother Joan of the Angels'', which won the Special Jury Prize at the 1961 Cann ...

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 over ...

. ''Night Train'' received numerous awards including the

Georges Méliès Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès (; ; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French illusionist, actor, and film director. He led many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. Méliès was well known for the use of ...

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, and the Best Foreign Actress at the 1959

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

awarded to Lucyna Winnicka for her role as Marta in ''Night Train''.

Plot

Two strangers, Jerzy (

) and Marta (

), accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the

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; and reluctantly agree to share the 2-bed single-gender compartment. Also on board is Marta's spurned lover Staszek (

), 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

- Marta *

- Jerzy *

- Staszek *

Teresa Szmigielówna Teresa Szmigielówna (9 October 1929 – 24 September 2013) was a Polish actress. She appeared in more than sixty films from 1951 to 2012. Filmography References External links * 1929 births 2013 deaths Polish film actresses ...

- Lawyer's Wife *

Helena Dąbrowska Helena Dąbrowska (26 June 1923 – 31 May 2003) was a Polish actress. She appeared in more than twenty films and television shows between 1954 and 1981. Selected filmography * '' Night Train'' (1959) * '' Bad Luck'' (1960) * '' Black Wings ...

- Train Controller *

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 * 1920 births 2001 deaths Burials at Powązki Cemetery P ...

- Passenger * - Murderer * Aleksander Sewruk - Lawyer *

Zygmunt Zintel Zygmunt Zintel (2 April 1911, Warsaw – 30 September 1990, Łódź) was a Polish theater, film, and television, actor, and teacher. He was also a soldier for Poland during the Invasion of Poland. Biography In the years from 1929 to 1932, he took ...

- Passenger Suffering from Insomnia *

Tadeusz Gwiazdowski Tadeusz Gwiazdowski (1 September 1918 – 12 December 1983) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 30 films and television shows between 1957 and 1981. Selected filmography * ''Kanał ''Kanał'' (, ''Sewer'') is a 1957 Polish film ...

- Train Controller *

Witold Skaruch Witold Skaruch (11 January 1930 – 17 February 2010) was a Polish character actor and director. He appeared in films, television shows and miniseries from 1953 until 2009. Skaruch, who was born in Ciechanów, Poland, began his professional acti ...

- Priest * - Passenger Flirting with Lawyer's Wife * - Policeman

References

External links

* {{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

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