The opening shot of jerzy kawalerowiczs night train 1959 is an overhead one. At the same time as ted leaves hospital, his father roy leaves prison. Leon niemczyk knife in the water and the directors wife, lucyna winnicka, are strangers sharing a. Night train 1959jerzy kawalerowicz martin scorsese presents. Showdown 1963 audie murphy, kathleen crowley, charles drake. Staring teresa szmigielowna, lucyna winnicka, leon niemczyk and zbigniew cybulski. The polish film institute created this list for the 100th anniversary of polish cinema. The other passengers ominously deny miss froy ever ex. Movie info originally titled pociag, this polish hitchcock homage stars lucyna winnicka and leon niemczyk. Seattles only movie times calendar, from the stranger. Gant is a professional killer, and although no one knows who he is there to kill, they are all worried. Five train movies for every movie lover film school rejects. With danny glover, leelee sobieski, steve zahn, matthias schweighofer.
Background the idea for the movies script originated from an adventure i had during a train ride from warsaw to szczecin. Along the way, the duo encounters plenty of trouble, including a runin with a serial killer. Richard lane april 16, 1928 january 29, 2002, commonly known as dick night train lane, was an american professional football player who was a defensive back for 14 years in the national football league nfl. They come across valuable diamonds on his person, that they wish to keep for themselves. Night train, a thriller starring danny glover, leelee sobieski, and steve zahn night train, the abc mystery movie broadcast as the final episode of. But on entering his compartment he finds a young blonde woman named marta lucyna winnicka occupying it, she refuses to leave even when the train. Pociag, also known as baltic express is a 1959 polish film directed by jerzy kawalerowicz. Although thered been doomsday dramas before it, stanley kramers on the beach was considered the first important entry in this genre when originally released in 1959. Originally titled pociag, this polish hitchcock homage stars lucyna winnicka and leon niemczyk. Night train opens to the eerie sound of a soulful and atmospheric vocal melody against an acute overhead shot of a busy train station. A man and a woman share a cabin on a train and one of them could be a murderer. Subtitles are sorted by relevance for searching keywords. An excon, michael poole, rents a room in the home of alice mooney blethyn and her mother flanagan.
They come across a mysterious object in a box the dead man was carrying and they all wish to keep for themselves. Instead we get a period mystery piece rambling up and down the corridors of a train on an allnight run to the coast. Night train aka baltic express is the english title for pociag, a film released in 1959 and directed by jerzy kawalerowicz. But on entering his compartment he finds a young blonde woman named marta lucyna winnicka occupying it, she refuses to leave even when the train inspector is called, but when the inspector threatens her with the police, jerzy says forget about it and he lets her. Night train for inverness 1959 ernest morris synopsis. Khandros j erzy kawalerowiczs night train possesses the hallmarks of a classic train film.
Night train is a twelve bar blues instrumental standard first recorded by jimmy forrest in 1951. Night train 1959 train movie pociag trains and railways info. Polish lodz, evening, passengers are rushing to catch the long distance train that will take them to the sea. It is notable as the film debut of dennis waterman. When he leaves the hospital, the doctor tells his mother ann not to forget the insulin injections twice a day, which for ted is a matter of life and death. Lodz, evening, passengers are rushing to catch the long distance train that will take them to the sea. The film is ostensibly about two strangers, jerzy leon niemczyk and marta lucyna winnicka, who accidentally end up in the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the baltic sea coast. Trains in movies top train movies of all time america by rail. Nov 10, 2017 5 train movies for every movie lover to mark the release of murder on the orient express, weve compiled a list of five train movies for every kind of movie fan. Night train 1959 a man and a woman share a cabin on a train and one of them could be a murderer. It stars kirk douglas, anthony quinn, carolyn jones, and earl holliman. Check out our picks of the top movie franchises you can watch with the whole family, available to.
Money train 1995 money train is an action comedy about a jobless transit cop woody harrelson who seeks to steal the money train, a trainload of new york city subway fares, with the help of his brother and fellow cop wesley snipes. Sadly, thats the hypothetical american version of night train, and not this, the 1959 polish one. Night train may not at first grip you tightly, but it is a film that blows cool, sad cigarette smoke, moving the hair on the back of your neck like a cold night wind through a corn field night train is like jazz, but not beat jazz with its exuberance, uncensored vigour, and heybabarebop call to dance. Below is a complete list of available movies sorted by year and imdb rating. The idea for the movies script originated from an adventure i had during a train ride from warsaw to szczecin.
Rumor holds that a stuntman was killed during the filming of the chariot race scene in the 1959 version of benhur, and that his death was left in the movie. The coronavirus crisis in seattle is a major threat to the strangers ability to keep the city informed. Synopsis plot originally titled pociag, this polish hitchcock homage stars lucyna winnicka and leon niemczyk. Also on board is martas spurned lover, who will not leave her alone. May 14, 2012 this complete film is on youtube in eight parts, russian with english subtitles, starting here. Bronco accepts but it is not until he arrives at the station he learns the man is an undertaker and he is accompanying a corpse. His preceding feature, night train, is a superbly taut thriller, constantly challenging its audience about the identity of a murderer. 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. Overview of the big circus, 1959, directed by joseph m. You can travel comfortably by night and arrive well rested in the heart. Night train 1959jerzy kawalerowicz martin scorsese. Last train from gun hill is a 1959 western by action director john sturges. The opening to the film is pulsating, as scott has to fight off the rebels whilst smuggling the prince and his governess out to safety.
It was recorded by jazz pianist oscar peterson with his trio on his 1962 album of the same name. Here the white radio is quickly forgotten, a tipofthehat to one of alfred hitchcocks mcguffins. Mar 10, 2017 this feature is not available right now. They all seem pitted against one another by some unseen pinball player and yet never quite collide. Night train 1959 train movie pociag night train 1959, poland original title. Also on board is martas spurned lover, not to mention someone who is believed to be a murderer. North west frontier has everything a great action adventure should have, whilst also adding in tension, drama and an array of wonderfully colourful characters. Jerzy kawalerowiczs night train may not at first grip you tightly, but it is a film that blows cool, sad cigarette smoke, moving the hair on the back of your neck like a cold night wind through a corn field. Two strangers, jerzy and marta, accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the baltic sea coast. Night train to lisbon 20 bluray remux 1080p mpeg2 dtsma 5.
I thought to look at a movie from tv and didnt care much what they were showing. Jerzy kawalerowiczs night train begun like a classic hitchcockian mystery thriller. On a train headed for england a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. See the full list of night train cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Dec 10, 2014 cool, cultured john gant rides into lordsburg. John hurt, brenda blethyn, and pauline flanagan star in night train, a 1998 film directed by john lynch. Pociag baltic express night train 1959 rotten tomatoes.
Jerzy kawalerowiczs night train 1959 senses of cinema. Newman, with victor mature, red buttons, rhonda fleming, at turner classic movies. A description of filming locations is provided with many titles, including historical railroad and locomotive data where available. Roy lewis, just released from gaol, kidnaps his young son ted and takes him on a train bound for inverness. Night train isnt quite as overtly hitchcockian as it sounds, as kawalerowicz was primarily interested in the quirks that people show in artificial social environments. It is as if a single melodrama was split so that it could concern many characters jerzy kawalerowicz said of his film many years ago.
The best of the thirties, forties, fifties, and sixties. After he is cleaned out, a man asks him if he would be interested in a job. He seems to be on the run from something as does the strange woman with whom he must share a sleeping compartment. A mysterious young man niemczyk, claiming to be a doctor, boards the night train. When the train resumes, iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. In jerzy kawalerowiczs pociag the night train, from 1959, the passengers on a midnight express to the baltic coast are pressed in tight together in. With norman wooland, jane hylton, dennis waterman, silvia francis. Night train 1 hours and 23 minutes movie 2009 two passengers and the conductor discover that a person has passed away on their night train cabin. Vlak, na prostoru bivse jugoslavije poznat pod naslovom nocni vlak, u medunarodnoj distribuciji ponekad pozant i pod naslovom baltic express je poljski crnobijeli igrani film snimljen 1959. However, lewis doesnt know that ted is diabetic and faces death without regular insulin injections. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional european country, young iris befriends elderly miss froy. The wild and the innocent 1959 audie murphy, joanne dru, gilbert roland.
Night train 1959 pociag baltic express nonusa format, pal, reg. Jun 23, 2010 wittily written and spare as a coded message. Night train 1959 720p unknown mkv free movie film video download. At the end of the trip he finds himself in jail for stealing the money and then forced to find it by two men. Jerzy kawalerowicz night train pociag montage youtube. Two passengers and the conductor discover that a man has passed away on their night train cabin. Overcrowded conditions compels the new passenger to share a sleeping car with a secretive young woman winnicka. All of the characters of pociag night train feel this longing. Download this subtitles from our download location, see more details bellow. Night train 1959 two strangers, jerzy and marta, accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the baltic sea coast.
One of them, middleaged man, seems to be very nervous, he does not have his ticket with him, but he seems to be. But on entering his compartment he finds a young blonde woman named marta lucyna winnicka occupying it, she refuses to leave even when the train inspector is. Night train is a 1959 polish film directed by jerzy kawalerowicz. All titles in this guide are available on dvd or bluray using the.
Night train, a chinese film directed by diao yinan. Lucyna winnicka, leon niemczyk, teresa szmigielowna, zbigniew cybulski, helena dabrowska, ignacy machowski, roland glowacki, aleksander sewruk, zygmunt zintel, tadeusz gwiazdowski, jerzy kawalerowicz, night train 1959 pociag baltic express, night train 1959, pociag. Kawalerowiczs celebrated film is considered one of the finest achievements of polish cinema. Please bookmark old movie time, and tell your friends about the movies too, it is greatly appreciated. The films were selected by polish critics rafal marszalek and andrzej bukowiecki using the following criteria. It is, in this sense, the quintessential polish film. Night train for inverness is a black and white 1960 british drama film directed by ernest morris and starring norman wooland, jane hylton and dennis waterman. They all seem pitted against one another by some unseen pinball player and yet. From classic comedies to thrillers, this train movies guide includes 151 featurelength movies with railroadsubway plots or notable scenes.
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