Ashes and Diamonds
Popiól i diament
1958, Film, 103 min, Drama, Romance, War, Polish, Poland, MoviePedia score 73
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.
Directed by Andrzej Wajda
Cast
- Zbigniew Cybulski as Maciek Chelmicki
- Ewa Krzyzewska as Krystyna
- Waclaw Zastrzezynski as Szczuka
- Adam Pawlikowski as Andrzej
- Bogumil Kobiela as Drewnowski
- Jan Ciecierski as Portier
- Stanislaw Milski as Pieniazek
- Artur Mlodnicki as Kotowicz
- Halina Kwiatkowska as Staniewiczowa
- Ignacy Machowski as Waga
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