The People from the Train (1961)

6.3/10 98 min Drama War

Overview

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.

Cast

Janina Traczykówna

Anna

Andrzej May

Piotr

Danuta Szaflarska

Marylka's "Aunt"

Maciej Damięcki

Boy

Gustaw Lutkiewicz

Wacuś Kwaśniewski

Jerzy Block

Station Master Kaliński

Zdzisław Tobiasz

Bahnschützer

Bogdan Baer

Trader's Brother-in-law

Aleksander Fogiel

Trader

Józef Pieracki

Disabled Man

Jerzy Turek

Man from Poznań

Zenon Burzyński

Passenger

Zofia Grabińska

Andrzej Gazdeczka

Card Player

Bronisław Kassowski

Zdzisław Karczewski

Card Player

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