Baltic Express
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Lucyna Winnicka
Leon Niemczyk
Teresa Szmigielówna
Zbigniew Cybulski
Roland Glowacki
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Marthe, a young woman, leaves her lover, Stachek, and travels to the seashore. She buys a ticket from a stranger, boards a night train, and finds herself sharing a compartment with a man. Stachek stands on the platform, pleading with Marthe to stay, as the train leaves the station. Marthe ignores him and learns that her traveling companion is a surgeon who is upset over an unsuccessful operation in which a patient died. Marthe and the doctor are drawn to each other. Suddenly, the train stops and police enter, searching for a murderer who is supposed to be in Marthe's compartment. The doctor is suspected at first, until Marthe identifies the stranger in the next compartment as the man who sold her a ticket. He is chased and captured by police, and the train resumes the trip. At the journey's end, the doctor is met by his wife, and Marthe is left alone.
Director
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cast
Lucyna Winnicka
Leon Niemczyk
Teresa Szmigielówna
Zbigniew Cybulski
Roland Glowacki
H. Dabrowska
Ignacy Machowski
Aleksander Sewruk
Zygmunt Zintel
M. Gazda
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Released in Poland in 1959 as Pociag; running time: 100 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States Winter December 1962
Released in United States 1996 (Shown in New York City (Walter Reade) as part of program "Revelation & Camouflage: Polish Cinema from 1930 to the Present" January 26 - March 7, 1996.)
Released in United States Winter December 1962
