The People from the Train

The People from the Train

98 mins | Drama, War | May 11, 1961

A group of people find themselves stuck in remote train station in German-occupied Poland. A drunk German station guard there gets paranoid and sees partisans all around him, phones headquarters, and when the German soldiers arrive and search the station they find a gun. They then threaten to execute every fifth person unless someone claims it.

The People from the Train

98 mins | Drama, War | May 11, 1961

The People from the Train
A group of people find themselves stuck in remote train station in German-occupied Poland. A drunk German station guard there gets paranoid and sees partisans all around him, phones headquarters, and when the German soldiers arrive and search the station they find a gun. They then threaten to execute every fifth person unless someone claims it.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers ZRF "Kadr"
Original title Ludzie z pociągu
Directors Kazimierz Kutz
Writers Ludwika Woźnicka, Marian Brandys

Cast

Janina Traczykówna

as Anna (as Janina Traczyk)

Andrzej May

as Piotr

Danuta Szaflarska

as Marylka's 'Autun'

Gustaw Lutkiewicz

as Wacus Kwasniewski

Jerzy Block

as Station Master Kalinski

Zdzisław Tobiasz

as Bahnschützer

Jan Zdrojewski

as Gestapo man

Bogdan Baer

as Pedlar's Brother-in-law

Aleksander Fogiel

as Pedlar

Józef Pieracki

as Invalid

Jerzy Turek

as Poznaniak