Night Train

(Pociąg)


1959   >   Psychological drama

The film received an award at the Venice International Film Festival in 1959.

A film by Jerzy Kawalerowicz, who won the Gdynia Film Festival Platinum Lions for lifetime achievement in 2007. Kawalerowicz was the director of Studio Filmowe Kadr for many years,
he was also the founder and first chairman of the Polish Filmmakers Association.

An amazing portrayal by Lucyna Winnicka, awarded at the Venice International Film Festival
in 1959.

People with personal crises meet in the compartment of a night express train. After some initial misunderstandings, a feeling is born. In the middle of the journey (the) police enter the train looking for a murder suspect. The murderer flees into the dark of the night. The passengers rush after him, planning but ultimately failing to lynch him. The coincidental meeting with
the killer awakens their lowest instincts, blinding them to his personal tragedy.

A close look into the psychology of people spending the night together in the compartment
of a sleeping car, who focus so much on their own problems that they confine themselves
to inner loneliness.


Crew:

director
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
script
Jerzy Lutowski, Jerzy Kawalerowicz
d.o.p.
Jan Laskowski
designer
Ryszard Potocki
costumes
Michelle Zahorska
editor
Wiesława Otocka
cast
Lucyna Winnicka, Leon Niemczyk,
Teresa Szmigielówna, Zbigniew Cybulski,
Helena Dąbrowska

Awards:

IFF, Venice
The Georges Melies Premio Evrotecnica (Jerzy Kawalerowicz), Best Performance Award (Lucyna Winnicka)
Warsaw
Golden Duck (awarded by Film magazine)
Materials: HD
Length: 93’

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