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Ashes and Diamonds
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Ashes and Diamonds

1958-10-03 · 103 min · ★ 7.4

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.

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Directors
Andrzej Wajda
Production companies
Zespół Filmowy Kadr
Countries
Poland
Status
Released

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Zbigniew CybulskiZbigniew CybulskiMaciek Chełmicki
Ewa KrzyżewskaEwa KrzyżewskaKrystyna Rozbicka
Wacław ZastrzeżynskiWacław ZastrzeżynskiSzczuka
Adam PawlikowskiAdam PawlikowskiAndrzej Kossecki
Bogumił KobielaBogumił KobielaDrewnowski
Jan CiecierskiJan CiecierskiPorter
Stanisław MilskiStanisław MilskiPieniążek
Artur MłodnickiArtur MłodnickiKotowicz
Halina KwiatkowskaHalina KwiatkowskaStaniewiczowa
Ignacy MachowskiIgnacy MachowskiWaga
Zbigniew SkowrońskiZbigniew SkowrońskiSlomka
Barbara KrafftównaBarbara KrafftównaStefka
Aleksander SewrukAleksander SewrukŚwięcki
Zofia CzerwińskaZofia CzerwińskaLili
Irena OrzeckaIrena OrzeckaJurgieluszka
Halina SiekierkoPuciatycka
Grażyna StaniszewskaGrażyna StaniszewskaHanka Lewicka
Jerzy AdamczakJerzy AdamczakMaj. Wrona
Adolf ChronickiAdolf ChronickiPodgórski
Wiktor GrotowiczWiktor GrotowiczFranek Pawlicki

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