The Railroad Man

1956 film

11 August 1956 (1956-08-11) (Italy)

Running time

118 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian

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

Plot

Train operator Andrea Marcocci witnesses 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 demoted 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 IMDb

Pietro Germi filmography

Films directed

The Testimony (1946)
Lost Youth (1947)
In the Name of the Law (1949)
Path of Hope (1950)
Four Ways Out (1951)
The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo (1952)
Mademoiselle Gobete (1952)
Jealousy (1953)
Mid-Century Loves (segment "Guerra 1915—18", 1954)
The Railroad Man (1956)
A Man of Straw (1958)
The Facts of Murder (1959)
Divorce Italian Style (1961)
Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
L'immorale (1967)
Serafino (1968)
A Pocketful of Chestnuts (1970)
Alfredo, Alfredo (1972)

Written only

The Ten Commandments (1945)
Against the Law (1950)
My Friends (1975)

v t e Luciano Vincenzoni
Films written	Path of Hope (1950) They Stole a Tram (1954) The Railroad Man (1956) The Wanderers (1956) The Italians They Are Crazy (1958) The Great War (1959) Venetian Honeymoon (1959) Crimen (1960) The Hunchback of Rome (1960) The Best of Enemies (1961) Destination Fury (1961) Duel of Champions (1961) Revolt of the Mercenaries (1961) Copacabana Palace (1962) A Girl... and a Million (1962) La vita agra (1964) Seduced and Abandoned (1964) For a Few Dollars More (1965) The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) Death Rides a Horse (1967) The Mercenary (1968) A Quiet Place in the Country (1968) Duck, You Sucker! (1971) Black Turin (1972) Flatfoot (1973) The Heroes (1973) Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973) Mr. Hercules Against Karate (1973) War Goddess (1973) The Beast (1974) Policewoman (1974) Three Tough Guys (1974) The Boss and the Worker (1975) Cry, Onion! (1975) Libera, My Love (1975) Wanted: Babysitter (1975) L'Italia s'è rotta (1976) Black Journal (1977) Orca (1977) Count Tacchia (1982) Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style (1983) A tu per tu (1984) Casablanca, Casablanca (1985) Miami Supercops (1985) Raw Deal (1986) Blowing Hot and Cold (1989) Malèna (2000)
Plays	Sacco and Vanzetti (1960)

Luciano Vincenzoni

Films written

Path of Hope (1950)
They Stole a Tram (1954)
The Railroad Man (1956)
The Wanderers (1956)
The Italians They Are Crazy (1958)
The Great War (1959)
Venetian Honeymoon (1959)
Crimen (1960)
The Hunchback of Rome (1960)
The Best of Enemies (1961)
Destination Fury (1961)
Duel of Champions (1961)
Revolt of the Mercenaries (1961)
Copacabana Palace (1962)
A Girl... and a Million (1962)
La vita agra (1964)
Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Death Rides a Horse (1967)
The Mercenary (1968)
A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)
Duck, You Sucker! (1971)
Black Turin (1972)
Flatfoot (1973)
The Heroes (1973)
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973)
Mr. Hercules Against Karate (1973)
War Goddess (1973)
The Beast (1974)
Policewoman (1974)
Three Tough Guys (1974)
The Boss and the Worker (1975)
Cry, Onion! (1975)
Libera, My Love (1975)
Wanted: Babysitter (1975)
L'Italia s'è rotta (1976)
Black Journal (1977)
Orca (1977)
Count Tacchia (1982)
Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style (1983)
A tu per tu (1984)
Casablanca, Casablanca (1985)
Miami Supercops (1985)
Raw Deal (1986)
Blowing Hot and Cold (1989)
Malèna (2000)

Plays

Sacco and Vanzetti (1960)

v t e Golden Shell
1953–1975	I Was a Parish Priest (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 Mechanical 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) Butterfly Wings (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) Sparrows (2015) I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016) The Disaster Artist (2017) Between Two Waters (2018) Pacified (2019) Beginning (2020) Blue Moon (2021) The Kings of the World (2022) The Rye Horn (2023)