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IMDB ID: tt0049077

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Synopsis

A man has been found dead after having been hurled from a train. As security agents, police and a medical examiner piece together his identity, three accounts emerge: one set during World War II, one in the immediate aftermath of the war, and one in contemporary Poland.

Polish

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Zygmunt Kęstowicz

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Adolf Chronicki

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Emil Karewicz

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Ignacy Machowski

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Tadeusz Jurasz

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Bolesław Płotnicki

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Bohdan Ejmont

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Marian Łącz

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Zdzisław Szymański

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Halina Przybylska

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Jerzy Kawalerowicz

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Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski

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