The Railroad Man
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1956 |
| Country | Italy |
| Director | Pietro Germi |
| Cast | Pietro Germi, Luisa Della Noce, Sylva Koscina, Edoardo Nevola, Saro Urzì |
| Genre | Drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | The Railroad Man | – |
| Español | El ferroviario | El ferroviario |
| Français | Le Cheminot | Le Cheminot |
| Deutsch | Der Eisenbahner | Der Eisenbahner |
| Português | O Ferroviário | O Ferroviario |
| Italiano | Il ferroviere | Il ferroviere |
| Русский | Железнодорожник | Zheleznodorozhnik |
| 中文（简体） | 铁路员工 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 鐵路員工 | – |
| 한국어 | 철도원 | Cheoldowon |
| ไทย | The Railroad Man | – |
| Tiếng Việt | Người công nhân đường sắt | Nguoi cong nhan duong sat |
| Bahasa Indonesia | The Railroad Man | – |
| 日本語 | 鉄道員 | Tetsudouin |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which working-class dignity and family fracture collide within the decline of a railroad man’s authority.
■ Synopsis
A railroad worker’s professional hardship, pride, and emotional isolation gradually expose the fragility of his family and social identity.
■ RECIPE Tags
#WorkingClassDignity #PatriarchalDecline #FamilyFracture #LaborAndPride #SocialRealism
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Work as personal identity
Reason: The protagonist’s labor is not only employment, but the basis of dignity, authority, and self-recognition.
Related Film: Bicycle Thieves - Middle: Patriarchal pride against family need
Reason: The father’s wounded pride prevents him from seeing the emotional damage spreading through the household.
Related Film: The Best Years of Our Lives - Core: Social hardship turning inward
Reason: Economic and labor pressure become domestic fracture, making public struggle inseparable from private collapse.
Related Film: Rocco and His Brothers
■ Secondary Axes
- Child witness to adult failure: The family’s pain is filtered through a younger gaze that sees what adults cannot openly name.
Related Film: Germany Year Zero - Dignity under social abandonment: The human cost of modern life appears through a person whose value is reduced by age, work, and social use.
Related Film: Umberto D.
■ Person
- Director: Pietro Germi
- Cast: Pietro Germi, Luisa Della Noce, Sylva Koscina, Edoardo Nevola, Saro Urzì
■ Structural Tags
#LaborIdentity #FamilyDislocation #DignityCollapse
■ Attribute Tags
#1956Film #ItalianFilm #Drama
