Film

Ashes and Diamonds

1958 · 1h 43m · Drama · War · Romance

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

IMDb

7.7

Rotten Tomatoes

96%

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.

Zbigniew Cybulski

Maciek Chełmicki

Ewa Krzyżewska

Krystyna Rozbicka

Wacław Zastrzeżynski

Szczuka

Adam Pawlikowski

Andrzej Kossecki

Bogumił Kobiela

Drewnowski

Jan Ciecierski

Porter

Stanisław Milski

Pieniążek

Artur Młodnicki

Kotowicz

Halina Kwiatkowska

Staniewiczowa

Ignacy Machowski

Waga

Zbigniew Skowroński

Slomka

Barbara Krafftówna

Stefka

Aleksander Sewruk

Święcki

Zofia Czerwińska

Lili

Irena Orzecka

Jurgieluszka

Halina Siekierko

Puciatycka

• Andrzej WajdaDirector · Screenplay
• Jerzy AndrzejewskiNovel · Screenplay
• Jerzy WójcikDirector of Photography
• Halina NawrockaEditor

Ashes And Diamonds aka Popiól i diament (1958) Trailer

Release date

October 3, 1958

Status

Released

Original language

Polish

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

16

Genres

Drama, War, Romance

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