Night Train
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76% Critic Match

Night Train

7.6 / 10 1959 1h 37mNR Polish
DramaThriller

Storyline

Two strangers, Jerzy and Marta, 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 & Crew

Lucyna Winnicka

Lucyna Winnicka

Marta

Lead
Leon Niemczyk

Leon Niemczyk

Jerzy

Teresa Szmigielówna

Teresa Szmigielówna

Lawyer's Wife

Zbigniew Cybulski

Zbigniew Cybulski

Staszek

Helena Dąbrowska

Helena Dąbrowska

Conductor

Ignacy Machowski

Ignacy Machowski

Sleeping Car Passenger

Roland Głowacki

Roland Głowacki

Murderer

Aleksander Sewruk

Aleksander Sewruk

Lawyer

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jerzy Kawalerowicz's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Night Train is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker