Summaries

In the first days after the war has ended, a small town railway station is the place where those coming back from the horrors of war need to get to grips with the past and think about their future.

The story of several people who meet at the railway station after World War II. They cannot escape from the painful past but still hope for a better future. Marek has to deny his past feeling towards Teresa as she has become a looter. Shoemaker Leon wants to take revenge on his concentration camp guard who made him lose his mind. Another illegal looter Marta must leave her husband, a Nazi collaborator, that she was waiting for the entire time of war.—kinoholik

Details

Keywords
  • memory
  • nazi collaborator
  • trauma
  • waiting
  • cobbler the shoemaker
Genres
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Dec 8, 1957
Countries of origin Poland
Language Polish
Filming locations Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland
Production companies Przedsiebiorstwo Panstwowe Film Polski

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 10m
Color Black and White
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio

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