Cast
Zbigniew Cybulski 
Jerzy Block Marta Lipinska 
Wlodzimierz Borunski 
Andrzej Łapicki 
Gustaw Holoubek
Credits
Written by: 
Tadeusz Konwicki
Plot
A man arrives at a small town on a train and says that his name is Kowalski, claiming to be someone he is not, in a surreal film about history and identity in Poland.
Sinekatalog’s take
A strange and surreal Polish classic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (984 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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