Man on the Tracks

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Man on the Tracks is a 1956 Polish drama film by Andrzej Munk that critically examines Stalinist-era injustices through the investigation of a railway worker’s mysterious death.

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Man on the Tracks canonical 1
The Railroad Man 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish film ⓘ
film ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Poland ⓘ
countryOfProduction Poland ⓘ
director Andrzej Munk ⓘ
directorNationality Polish ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
political drama ⓘ
social drama ⓘ
language Polish ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation railway worker ⓘ
medium cinema ⓘ
narrativeStructure investigation ⓘ
narrativeTechnique multiple perspectives ⓘ
notableFor early critique of Stalinism in Polish cinema ⓘ
originalTitle Człowiek na torze ⓘ
partOf Polish Film School ⓘ
plotSummary The film investigates the mysterious death of a railway worker, gradually revealing political and social tensions of the Stalinist era. ⓘ
productionEra post-Stalinist thaw in Poland ⓘ
releaseYear 1956 ⓘ
screenwriter Andrzej Munk ⓘ
Jerzy Stefan Stawiński ⓘ
setInPeriod Stalinist era ⓘ
subject individual versus system ⓘ
railway industry ⓘ
state authority ⓘ
theme Stalinist-era injustices ⓘ
abuse of power ⓘ
bureaucracy ⓘ
workers’ rights ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andrzej Munk → notableWork → Man on the Tracks ⓘ
Carlo Rustichelli → workedOn → The Railroad Man ⓘ
linked to: Man on the Tracks