The Railroad Man

For the 1999 Japanese film, see Poppoya

The Railroad Man

Directed by	Pietro Germi
Produced by	Carlo Ponti
Written by	Pietro Germi Alfredo Giannetti Luciano Vincenzoni
Starring	Pietro Germi Saro Urzì Luisa Della Noce Sylva Koscina Edoardo Nevola
Music by	Carlo Rustichelli
Cinematography	Leonida Barboni
Release dates	11 August 1956 (Italian release)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Railroad Man (Italian: Il Ferroviere) is a 1956 Italian drama film directed by Pietro Germi.

Plot

Train operator Andrea Marcocci has to witness the suicide of a desperate man who jumps in front of his train. Under the influence of this shock he starts making mistakes. A check up by a doctor reveals that he's at the brink of becoming an alcoholic. Due to this evaluation he is degraded and must accept a salary cut.

Cast

Pietro Germi - Andrea Marcocci
Luisa Della Noce - Sara Marcocci
Sylva Koscina - Giulia Marcocci (as Silva)
Saro Urzì - Gigi Liverani
Carlo Giuffrè - Renato Borghi
Renato Speziali - Marcello Marcocci
Edoardo Nevola - Sandro Marcocci (as il piccolo Edoardo Nevola)

Awards

1956 Cannes Film Festival : OCIC Award - Special Mention ^[1]
Nastro d'Argento : Best Director, Best Producer.
San Sebastian Film Festival : Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress (Luisa Della Noce)

References

↑ "Festival de Cannes: The Railroad Man". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-02.

External links

Il Ferroviere at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Pietro Germi

Golden Shell

1953–1975	La guerra de Dios (1953) Sierra maldita (1954) Days of Love (1955) The Railroad Man (1956) Oh! Sabella (1957) Ewa chce spac (1958) The Nun's Story (1959) Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1960) One-Eyed Jacks (1961) Arturo's Island (1962) Mafioso (1963) America America (1964) Golden Queen / Mirage (1965) I Was Happy Here (1966) Two for the Road (1967) The Long Day's Dying (1968) The Rain People (1969) Dead of Summer (1970) Claire's Knee (1971) The Glass House (1972) The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) Badlands (1974) Furtivos (1975)

1976–2000	Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven (1976) An Unfinished Piece for a Player Piano (1977) Alambrista! (1978) Autumn Marathon (1979) The Orchestra Conductor (1980) Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981) Demons in the Garden (1982) Entre Nous (1983) Rumble Fish (1984) Yesterday (1985) Half of Heaven (1986) Wedding in Galilee (1987) On the Black Hill (1988) Homer and Eddie / La nación clandestina (1989) Letters from Alou (1990) Alas de Mariposa (1991) A Place in the World (1992) The Beginning and the End / Sara (1993) Dias contados (1994) Margaret's Museum (1995) Bwana / Trojan Eddie (1996) The Swindle (1997) Wind with the Gone (1998) What's Life? (1999) The Ruination of Men (2000)

2001–present	A Cab for Three (2001) Mondays in the Sun (2002) Gun-shy (2003) Turtles Can Fly (2004) Something Like Happiness (2005) Half Moon / Mon fils à moi (2006) A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007) Pandora's Box (2008) City of Life and Death (2009) Neds (2010) Los pasos dobles (2011) In the House (2012) Bad Hair (2013) Magical Girl (2014)

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