Ashes and Diamonds

Ashes and Diamonds

7.4 | 1958-10-03 | Drama War Romance

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.

Featured Crew

Jerzy Wójcik Director of Photography
Andrzej Wajda Director
Roman Mann Production Design
Bohdan Bieńkowski Sound
Jan Włodarczyk Assistant Director
Katarzyna Chodorowicz Costume Design
Andrzej Wajda Screenplay
Jerzy Andrzejewski Novel
Andrzej Wróbel Assistant Director
Jerzy Andrzejewski Screenplay

Cast

Zbigniew Cybulski
Zbigniew Cybulski
Maciek Chełmicki
Ewa Krzyżewska
Ewa Krzyżewska
Krystyna Rozbicka
Adam Pawlikowski
Adam Pawlikowski
Andrzej Kossecki
Bogumił Kobiela
Bogumił Kobiela
Drewnowski
Stanisław Milski
Stanisław Milski
Pieniążek
Halina Kwiatkowska
Halina Kwiatkowska
Staniewiczowa

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