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A man has been found dead after having been hurled from a train. As security agents, police and a medical examiner piece together his identity, three accounts emerge: one set during World War II, one in the immediate aftermath of the war, and one in contemporary Poland.

1h 38m1956TMDb 6.4

CrimeDramaWar

Polish

Crew and Cast

Jerzy KawalerowiczJerzy KawalerowiczDirectorZygmunt KęstowiczZygmunt KęstowiczKnyszynAdolf ChronickiAdolf ChronickiKarbowskiEmil KarewiczEmil KarewiczJasiczkaIgnacy MachowskiIgnacy Machowski"Shadow" BiskupikTadeusz JuraszTadeusz JuraszMikulaBolesław PłotnickiBolesław PłotnickiRailwaymanBohdan EjmontBohdan EjmontOfficerMarian ŁączMarian ŁączStefan
Zdzisław SzymańskiPeasantHalina PrzybylskaHalina PrzybylskaVillage WomanAntoni JuraszAntoni JuraszLt. AntoniWiesław GołasWiesław GołasUnderground SoldierBarbara PołomskaBarbara PołomskaStefan's FriendStanisław MikulskiStanisław MikulskiBlondeRoman KłosowskiRoman KłosowskiWitoldWitold PyrkoszWitold PyrkoszThe LittleZygmunt ZintelZygmunt ZintelCoach DriverJanusz StrachockiJanusz StrachockiWiślickiZbigniew SkowrońskiZbigniew SkowrońskiUnderground SoldierAnna ChodakowskaAnna ChodakowskaCibulkaMaria ChwalibógMaria ChwalibógJasiaWładysław GłąbikWładysław GłąbikAndrusikiewiczTadeusz KalinowskiTadeusz KalinowskiMale Nurse
Wiesław KowalczykRailwaymanTadeusz KosudarskiTadeusz KosudarskiKubasFerdynand MatysikFerdynand MatysikTekla's BrotherIlona StawińskaIlona StawińskaTeklaJarema StępowskiJarema StępowskiMirekWiktor GrotowiczWiktor GrotowiczPelerStanisław JasiukiewiczStanisław JasiukiewiczSoldier

Storyline

A man has been found dead after having been hurled from a train. As security agents, police and a medical examiner piece together his identity, three accounts emerge: one set during World War II, one in the immediate aftermath of the war, and one in contemporary Poland.

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Info

Original title
Cień
Status
Released
Released
1 May 1956
Runtime
1h 38m
TMDB score
6.4 / 10 (9 votes)

Production

Director
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Writers
Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski
Studios
Zespół Filmowy Kadr
Countries
Poland

Languages

Original
Polish
Spoken
Polish