Czlowiek na torze
(Un hombre en la vía / Sangre sobre los rieles / Man on the Tracks)
(Polonia, 1957) [B/N, 89 m.]
IMDb / FilmWeb
Ficha técnica.
Dirección: Andrzej Munk.
Argumento: Jerzy Stefan Stawinski (historia).
Guión: Andrzej Munk, Jerzy Stefan Stawinski.
Fotografía: Romuald Kropat, Jerzy Wójcik (B&W).
Productora: Zespól Filmowy "Kadr".
Sinopsis: Un tren rápido cruza la noche. Teniendo vía libre el conductor dobla la velocidad y, de pronto, bajo la luz de los faros, percibe la presencia de un hombre sobre las vías. Pese a que intenta frenar no lo consigue y al bajarse encuentra el cuerpo de un viejo vagabundo. La investigación posterior descubrirá la identidad del desconocido personaje.
n 1950, at night, a passenger train kills a man on the tracks. He is Orzechowski, an engineer since 1914. An inquiry immediately follows. Testimony takes the form of flashbacks. Tuszka, the station master, believes Orzechowski was a saboteur; at least one on the inquiry panel agrees. Zapora, the young engineer on the train that hit Orzechowski, gives more complicated testimony about the dead man - stiff-necked, proud, imperious, critical of Zapora and other younger workers. The signalman at the crossing where Orzechowski died also testifies. Can the panel arrive at the truth in a world where workers unite, inferior coal is a badge of honor, and the old order is suspect? (IMDb)
his 1957 Anti-Stalinist Polish film centers around a recently laid off train engine driver who is found dead, and the subsequent investigation following it. As different characters who knew the man in different contexts relay their impression of him and the reasons he may have been killed or committed suicide, the film makes a heavy and deliberate comment about what happens to those who don't fit into a Stalinist society (Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide)
Action takes place in 1950. Machinists driving a steam train locomotive notice a man standing on the rail track next to an open semaphore but cannot stop the train before crushing him. They discover he is their former, old chief in the locomotive driving team, and also that one light of the semaphore is out, which means "run through normally", while there should be two which means "slow down and drive carefully". Railroad investigators mostly suspicion sabotage, because the man was actually recently forcibly retired, but do not understand why he found himself on the track. They question people having worked with him, or involved in the fatal situation. All seem to hate him, and for some good reasons, as the man was harsh for young coworkers, not very obedient to new management and some witnesses might share responsibility for the accident. The investigation is mostly an examination of the old man's life and personality, because technical details which allow to finally know what happened are revealed near the end only.
During the examination, motives for the old man's behavior are progressively revealed. The harshness is probably related to his dislike of too ambitious colleagues, who want fast promotion to full driver positions. His servant-like treatment of aides might come from his back problems that he tries to hide to keep the job. His lack of obedience is also a refusal for the new and presumably unreasonable corner-cutting policies, motivated by the not-so-well working Stalinist model. The movie has therefore a political dimension. The old "engineer" opposed not only new young ambitions and new policies in the railways, but also by extension in the entire country. The investigators behave somewhat like an inquisition. It is by consequence important for political correctness that the final flashback which reconstructs the most plausible story is told by a party mogul in a positive way.
The long flashbacks which compose the movie and tell the actual story from different and partially contradicting points of view will remind you of Rashomon; the action date even matches its release year. The concept of examining a mystery surrounding the death of a controversial hero was present in Citizen Kane. The beginning scenes in the train strangely reminisce me of The Lady Vanishes. The ending is worth a Capra movie.
The intrigue is rooted in workplace reality, which makes the movie somewhat more viewer-stressing than Rashomon and good candidate for illustrating a conflict solving managerial training. The location shooting makes it realistic and thus a good testimony of the past. There is a bit of action and a few moving train stunts. The scenes in the locomotive's cabin seem shot while the train was really in movement and without special effects. Some shots are from a camera attached to the train laterally. Various funny railroad devices are prominently featured, like machines for rotating locomotives or cranes for water refills.
The movie received the Best Director award in 1957 Karlove Vary film festival, Czechoslovakia, and the "Warsaw Siren" Polish Film Critics' Award in 1957.
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Retail date ..................: 03/12/2007
Theatre date .................: 17/01/1957
Runtime ......................: 1h 21m 10s
Languages ....................: Poland
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Title ............: Man On The Tracks
Director .........: Andrzej Munk
User Rating ......: 7.8/10 (49 votes)
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Fue uno de los directores más destacados de la "Escuela Polaca de Cine" de la segunda mitad de los años 50, que arranca con Generación (1954) de Andrzej Wajda y que integran realizadores como Wojciech Has, Kazmierz Kutz, Jerzy Kawalerowicz y Tadeusz Konwicki. Su prometedora carrera quedó truncada por un accidente de automóvil en 1961.
Andrzej Munk
(Cracovia, 1921 - Lozd, 1961)
Con un estilo singular, basado en una sugerente combinación de racionalismo y humor negro, sus películas más importantes fueron Blekitny krzyz (Los hombres de la cruz azul, 1955), Czlowiek na torze (Un hombre en la vía, 1957), Eroica (1958), Zezowate Szczescie (Suerte de perros, 1960) y Pasazerka (La pasajera, 1963), proyecto finalizado por Witold Lesiewicz.
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Filmografía Andrzej Munk (Director)
Un saludo.
