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74% Critic Match
Ashes and Diamonds
“Touched with the fire and rebellion of a new generation of Polish film makers”
7.4 / 10• 1958• 1h 43m•NR• Polish
DramaWarRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Zbigniew Cybulski
Maciek Chełmicki
Lead
Ewa Krzyżewska
Krystyna Rozbicka
Wacław Zastrzeżynski
Szczuka
Adam Pawlikowski
Andrzej Kossecki
Bogumił Kobiela
Drewnowski
Jan Ciecierski
Porter
Stanisław Milski
Pieniążek
Artur Młodnicki
Kotowicz
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Andrzej Wajda's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Ashes and Diamonds is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
