The People from the Train
1961, Polish. Directed by Kazimierz Kutz.
A group of people find themselves stuck in remote train station in German-occupied Poland. A drunk German station guard there gets paranoid and sees partisans all around him, phones headquarters, and when the German soldiers arrive and search the station they find a gun. They then threaten to execute every fifth person unless someone claims it.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Polish
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Kazimierz KutzDirector
- Janina TraczykównaAnna
- Andrzej MayPiotr
- Małgorzata DziedzicMarylka
- Danuta SzaflarskaMarylka's "Aunt"
- Maciej DamięckiBoy
- Gustaw LutkiewiczWacuś Kwaśniewski
- Jerzy BlockStation Master Kaliński
- Zdzisław TobiaszBahnschützer
- Jan ZdrojewskiGestapo Member
- Bogdan BaerTrader's Brother-in-law
- Aleksander FogielTrader
- Józef PierackiDisabled Man
Details
- Released
- 11 May 1961
- Original title
- Ludzie z pociągu
- Country
- Poland
- Written by
- Marian Brandys, Ludwika Woźnicka
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The People from the Train runs 98 minutes (1h 38m).
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The People from the Train isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 11 May 1961. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The People from the Train?
The People from the Train (1961) was directed by Kazimierz Kutz and stars Janina Traczykówna, Andrzej May, Małgorzata Dziedzic.