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Ashes and Diamonds
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.
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Synopsis
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 and production details
About Ashes and Diamonds
Cast
Zbigniew CybulskiMaciek Chełmicki
Ewa KrzyżewskaKrystyna Rozbicka
Wacław ZastrzeżynskiSzczuka
Adam PawlikowskiAndrzej Kossecki
Bogumił KobielaDrewnowski
Jan CiecierskiPorter
Stanisław MilskiPieniążek
Artur MłodnickiKotowiczCredits
- Directed by
- Andrzej Wajda
- Written by
- Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Jerzy Andrzejewski
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Polish
- Original title
- Popiół i diament
Production
- Zespół Filmowy KadrPoland
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