Night Train (1959 film)
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| Directed by | Jerzy Kawalerowicz |
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| Music by | Andrzej Trzaskowski |
| Cinematography | Jan Laskowski |
| Edited by | Wieslawa Otocka |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
Night Train (also known as Baltic Express) is the English title for Pociąg, a 1959 film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz.
Plot
Two strangers, Jerzy (Leon Niemczyk) and Marta (Lucyna Winnicka), 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.
Cast
- Lucyna Winnicka - Marta
- Leon Niemczyk - Jerzy
- Teresa Szmigielówna - Lawyer's Wife
- Zbigniew Cybulski - Staszek
- Helena Dąbrowska - Train Controller
- Ignacy Machowski - Passenger
- Roland Głowacki - Murderer
- Aleksander Sewruk - Lawyer
- Zygmunt Zintel - Passenger Suffering from Insomnia
- Tadeusz Gwiazdowski - Train Controller
- Witold Skaruch - Priest
- Michał Gazda - Passenger Flirting with Lawyer's Wife
- Zygmunt Malawski - Policeman
2009 remake
The American remake of 2009, which went straight to video, was written and directed by Brian King and stars Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski, and Steve Zahn.
See also
External links
- Night Train on IMDb
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