Synopsis
Kawalerowicz's celebrated film is considered one of the finest achievements of Polish cinema. Employing a classic Hitchcockian premise – two people, one possibly a killer on the run, sharing a compartment on a crowded over
night train – Kawalerowicz turns a thriller into an intriguing character study of ordinary people in unusual circumstances.
Featuring impressive performances from
Lucyna Winnicka (
Mother Joan of the Angels),
Zbigniew Cybulski and
Leon Niemczyk (
Knife in the Water),
Night Train is more than simply a thriller... taut and gripping but also suffused with humour and warmth and boasting a wonderful jazz score by renowned composer
Andrzej Trzaskowski.