Film · Drama, Romance, War
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Touched with the fire and rebellion of a new generation of Polish film makers
A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. He meets Krystyna, a girl working as a barmaid in the restaurant of the "Monopol" hotel. His affection for her makes him even more aware of the senselessness of killing at the end of the war. Loyalty to the oath he took, and thus the obligation to obey the order, tips the scales.
- Director
- Andrzej Wajda
- Writers
- Jerzy Andrzejewski, Andrzej Wajda
- Country
- Poland
- Language
- Polish
- Release date
- October 3, 1958
- Original title
- Popiół i diament
Ashes and Diamonds was released on October 3, 1958. Where to watch in United States: HBO Max Amazon Channel and HBO Max (subscription).
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Ashes and Diamonds cast
Zbigniew CybulskiMaciek Chełmicki
Ewa KrzyżewskaKrystyna Rozbicka
Wacław ZastrzeżynskiSzczuka
Adam PawlikowskiAndrzej Kossecki
Bogumił KobielaDrewnowski
Jan CiecierskiPorter
Stanisław MilskiPieniążek
Artur MłodnickiKotowicz
Halina KwiatkowskaStaniewiczowa
Ignacy MachowskiWaga
Zbigniew SkowrońskiSlomka
Barbara KrafftównaStefka
Aleksander SewrukŚwięcki
Zofia CzerwińskaLili
Irena OrzeckaJurgieluszka- Halina SiekierkoPuciatycka
Grażyna StaniszewskaHanka Lewicka
Jerzy AdamczakMaj. Wrona
Adolf ChronickiPodgórski
Wiktor GrotowiczFranek Pawlicki
