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Ashes and Diamonds

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7.4/10 • 249

1958-10-031h 43m

DramaWarRomance

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.

Directors
Andrzej Wajda
Editors
Halina Nawrocka

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Zbigniew Cybulski

    Zbigniew Cybulski

    Maciek Chełmicki

  2. Ewa Krzyżewska

    Ewa Krzyżewska

    Krystyna Rozbicka

  3. Wacław Zastrzeżynski

    Wacław Zastrzeżynski

    Szczuka

  4. Adam Pawlikowski

    Adam Pawlikowski

    Andrzej Kossecki

  5. Bogumił Kobiela

    Bogumił Kobiela

    Drewnowski

  6. Jan Ciecierski

    Jan Ciecierski

    Porter

  7. Stanisław Milski

    Stanisław Milski

    Pieniążek

  8. Artur Młodnicki

    Artur Młodnicki

    Kotowicz

  9. Halina Kwiatkowska

    Halina Kwiatkowska

    Staniewiczowa

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badelf

Jul 9, 2022

8/10

There are so many great things about how this movie is made - the directing, the shots, the tonal quality, and the pacing. Probably most brilliant of all is how the total makes the viewer feel claustophobic. I admit, though, it's a tad dated.

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Status
Released
Original Language
Polish
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
polish resistancesoviet militaryblack and whitepost warpost world war iipost-war poland