CinemaOSMovie · 1958 · 1h 43m
Ashes and Diamonds

Touched with the fire and rebellion of a new generation of Polish film makers

74%(294)IMDbDramaWarRomance

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.

Directed byAndrzej Wajda

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 43m
Language
PL
Released
October 3, 1958
Studios
Zespół Filmowy Kadr

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Ashes And Diamonds aka Popiól i diament (1958) Trailer

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Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Zbigniew Cybulski

Zbigniew Cybulski

Maciek Chełmicki

Ewa Krzyżewska

Ewa Krzyżewska

Krystyna Rozbicka

Wacław Zastrzeżynski

Wacław Zastrzeżynski

Szczuka

Adam Pawlikowski

Adam Pawlikowski

Andrzej Kossecki

Bogumił Kobiela

Bogumił Kobiela

Drewnowski

Jan Ciecierski

Jan Ciecierski

Porter

Stanisław Milski

Stanisław Milski

Pieniążek

Artur Młodnicki

Artur Młodnicki

Kotowicz

Halina Kwiatkowska

Halina Kwiatkowska

Staniewiczowa

Ignacy Machowski

Ignacy Machowski

Waga

Creative team
Directed by
Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda
Written by
Jerzy Andrzejewski
Jerzy Andrzejewski
Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda

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