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Night Train - Pociag DVD
Some passengers envision romantic possibilities as they ride the train though the night, March 15, 2007 "Nig-ht Train" (Poci...
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Night Train - Pociag DVD
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A man, Jerzy, enters a train set for the Baltic coast. He seems to be on the run from something. He has to share sleeping-compartment with a woman who also seems to be on the run. Eventually we get to know that the police are looking for an escaped murderer. Is it really Jerzy they are looking for?Powerful, psychological story of loneliness and an intriguing thriller in one.

Two strangers, Jerzy (Leon Niemczyk) and Marta (Lucyna Winnicka), accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the Baltic Sea coast. While handsome, well dressed and rather laconic, Jerzy seems ill at ease, while Marta is not talkative and would prefer to be alone. Staszek (Zbigniew Cybulski) is a student and Marta's spurned lover, and won't leave her be. When the police enter the train in search of a murderer on the lam, rumors fly and everything seems to point toward one of the main characters as the culprit. The killer is located down the corridor however, yet Kawalerowicz keeps the tension strung taut to the end in one of his finest works.

This is a more amorphous and ambiguous tale than the other masterpieces of the Polish School, and Night Train seems to lack the direct references to recent history and the contemporary political situation of the Poland of the 1950s that are a hallmark of the style. However, the Hitchcockian atmosphere, the unimaginably tight shots and the overall sense of clausterphobia and dred evoke the sense of disappointment following in the wake of 1956 and the end of the "Polish Spring." All of Kawalerowicz???s films deal with individual fate in a society being crushed by overwhelming external forces, whether war or politics, in an attempt to examine moral choice under pressure. Night Train is no exception, only here he has created an allegory of misfits among a society of passengers, a society that is predicable, suspicious of individuality and eager to punish. All of Poland escaping though the night to the end of the line. Ironically, the film may represent in its way the end of the Polish School as well.

Film Psychologiczny z watkiem sensacyjnym, zrealizowany z wielka wirtuozeria. Rezyser penetruje stany emocjonalne mlodej kobiety i mezczyzny, ktorzy przez przypadek spedzaja noc we wspolnym przedziale wagonu sypialnego. Upalne lato. Pociag pospieszny odchodzi z warszawskiego dworca. Wsrod pasazerow znajduje sie Jerzy. Zapomnial miejscowki do wagonu sypialnego. Przekupiona konduktorka kieruje go do ostatniego wolnego przedzialu. Bohater niespodziewanie zastaje tam piekna blondynke Marte. Z powodu braku wolnych miejsc Jerzy i Marta musza podrozowac razem. W pociagu znajduje sie rowniez Staszek, byly chlopak Marty. Wciaz usiluje ja przekonac, ze powinna z nim zostac, ale dziewczyna wyraZnie nie chce. Pomiedzy Jerzym i Marta stopniowo nawiazuje sie przyjazny kontakt. Oboje maja za soba przykre przezycia i to ich laczy. Szorstkie i niekonwencjonalne zachowanie Marty zaczyna fascynowac Jerzego. Obserwujac ja zapomina o swoich klopotach. W nocy nie moga zasnac. Jerzy siada na poslaniu dziewczyny i wydaje sie, ze juz za chwile zaczna intymna rozmowe. Niespodziewanie pociag zatrzymuje sie na malej stacyjce. Zjawia sie milicja poszukujaca mordercy, ktory w afekcie zabil wlasna zone. Funkcjonariusze kieruja sie wprost do przedzialu Marty i Jerzego. Po upewnieniu sie, ze Jerzy zajmuje miejsce numer 16, aresztuja go. Podekscytowani pasazerowie widza juz w nim niebezpiecznego zbrodniarza, o ktorym donosily wszystkie gazety. Marta informuje milicjantow, ze miejsce 16 wlasciwie nalezalo do niej, a czlowiek, ktory sprzedal jej miejscowke, jest w pociagu. Widziala go na korytarzu. Milicja rozpoczyna poszukiwania. Uciekajacy morderca w panice chwyta za hamulec i wyskakuje w biegu z wagonu. Milicja i tlum pasazerow ruszaja za nim w poscig. Wreszcie Staszek chwyta przestepce i spokojnie oddaje w rece milicji. Pociag rusza dalej. Jerzy wyznaje Marcie, ze jest lekarzem i dzisiaj w czasie operacji zmarla mu pacjentka. Ranek. Pociag dojezdza do koncowej stacji nad morzem. Na peronie stoi Staszek i z niepokojem patrzy w okno przedzialu Marty. Widzac obcego mezczyzne, odchodzi rozczarowany. Tymczasem dziewczyna ubierajac sie opowiada Jerzemu, ze przyjechala nad morze do dawnego kochanka. Teraz jednak wyzwolila sie z milosci do niego. Jerzy oznajmia, ze na peronie oczekuje go zona. To wyznanie stanowi dla Marty szok. Odchodzi sama nadmorska plaza, dZwigajac ciezka walizke. Studium ludzkiej samotnosci. Staszek daremnie probuje znaleZc zrozumienie u dawnej kochanki. Jerzy nie potrafi odpowiedziec na potrzebe uczucia Marty. Przypadkowy zabojca wyzwala w ludziach najnizsze instynkty i nikt nie dostrzega jego osobistej tragedii. Wszyscy sa skazani na samotnosc. Directed by:Jerzy Kawalerowicz Cast: Lucyna Winnicka, Leon Niemczyk, Teresa Szmigiel???wna, Zbigniew Cybulski, Helena Dabrowska Black & White, 102 mins. In Polish with optional English Subtitles.

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Richard J. Brzostek - 04/30/2007 5 of 5 Stars!
Some passengers envision romantic possibilities as they ride the train though the night, March 15, 2007 "Night Train" (Pociag) is a story about a man and a woman who have to share a compartment on a train even though they would rather be alone. They both want their privacy so they speak to each other in riddles. Because they share very few details with each other, it takes a long time to figure out who they really are and what they are up to. There is more to the story than mere strangers sharing a room. Some passengers envision romantic possibilities as they ride the train though the night. An otherwise uneventful ride is broken up by the excitement of authorities searching the train for a man who supposedly killed his wife. Many of the passengers get excited and create a witch-hunt. When the man she got to know is accused of being the killer, their interactions take new meaning and test their brief friendship. Jerzy Kawalerwicz, who has considerable talent, directs "Night Train." As with his other films, such as "Mother Joan of Angels," "Austria," and "Quo Vadis," "Night Train" is exceptional. All in all, "Night Train" creates a romantic feeling, with its play on drama and jazzy music that ties it all together. The movie is a drama that borders on being a thriller. The story, presentation, and music are memorable and captivating.
Store Reviewer - 02/07/2007 4 of 5 Stars!
Call it Train of Fools. In Jerzy Kawalerowicz
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