Ashes and Diamonds

Ashes and Diamonds

1958
1h 43m
7.4

7.4/10

274 votes • View on IMDb
Drama War Romance

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

Overview

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.

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Language: PL

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Production Information

Production Companies
Zespół Filmowy Kadr
Production Countries
Poland
Spoken Languages
Polish

Keywords

polish resistance world war ii soviet military black and white post war post world war ii post-war poland

Quick Facts

Original Title Popiół i diament
Release Date October 3, 1958
Status Released
Language PL
IMDb ID tt0052080

Cast

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

Zbigniew Skowroński
Zbigniew Skowroński

Slomka

Barbara Krafftówna
Barbara Krafftówna

Stefka

Key Crew

Andrzej Wajda
Director
Jerzy Andrzejewski
Screenplay
Andrzej Wajda
Screenplay