One night in 1950 a passenger train runs over a man, who turns out to be the veteran train engineer Władysław Orzechowski, knows for his old ways and stern demeanor. As the inquiry panel tries to deduce why would a man like Orzechowski jump in front of a moving train several of the people involved in the case are interrogated, each telling their own version of the story. Can the panel arrive at the truth in a world where workers unite, inferior coal is a badge of honor, and the old order is suspect?
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Kazimierz Opaliński as Władysław Orzechowski
Zygmunt Maciejewski as Tuszka
Zygmunt Zintel as Witold Sałata
Zygmunt Listkiewicz as Stanisław Zapora
Roman Kłosowski as Marek Nowak
Kazimierz Fabisiak as Konarski
Ludosław Kozłowski as Karaś
Janusz Bylczyński as Warda
Stanisław Marecki as Party Secretary
Józef Para as Railwayman
Stanisław Jaworski as Franek
Celina Klimczak as Zofia Sałata
Natalia Szymańska as Orzechowski's wife
Józef Nowak as Jankowski
Janusz Paluszkiewicz as Krokus
Eugenia Herman as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Roman Hubczenko as Sleeping Railwayman (uncredited)
Józef Kalita as Conductor chasing Zapora (uncredited)
Zygmunt Malawski as Conductor (uncredited)
Dobrosław Mater as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Leon Niemczyk as Man doing Business at a Train Platform (uncredited)
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