Man on the Tracks () is a 1956 film by Andrzej Munk. Man on the Tracks was one of the first films of the Polish Film School and as such influenced the whole generation of young directors who participated in the movement. The film tells the story, mostly in flashback, of a railway worker who is fired from his job for alleged sabotage of the Socialist methods of work. Historian Dorota Niemitz writes: Cast Kazimierz Opaliński - Władysław Orzechowski Zygmunt Maciejewski - Tuszka Zygmunt Zintel - Witold Sałata Zygmunt Listkiewicz - Stanisław Zapora Roman Kłosowski - Marek Nowak Janusz Bylczyński - Warda, member of the committee Józef Para - railwayman Natalia Szymańska - wife of Orzechowski Józef Nowak - helper of Orzechowski Janusz Paluszkiewicz - Krokus, a mechanic Leon Niemczyk - man on the platform Stanisław Jaworski - Franek, a friend of Orzechowski See also Cinema of Poland List of Polish-language films Footnotes Sources Niemitz, Dorota. 2014. The legacy of postwar Polish filmmaker Andrzej Munk. World Socialist Web Site. 13 October, 2014. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/10/13/munk-o13.html Retrieved 08 July, 2022. External links 1950s Polish-language films Rail transport films 1957 films Films directed by Andrzej Munk 1957 drama films Polish drama films