Ashes and Diamonds

Ashes and Diamonds (1958)

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

  • Genre: Drama, War, Romance
  • Release Date: 1958-10-03
  • User Rating: 7.414/10 from 239 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 43min
  • Language: Polski
  • Production Company: Zespół Filmowy Kadr
  • Production Country: Poland
  • Director: Andrzej Wajda
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Summary

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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  • Zbigniew Cybulski

    as Maciek Chełmicki

  • Ewa Krzyżewska

    as Krystyna Rozbicka

  • Wacław Zastrzeżynski

    as Szczuka

  • Adam Pawlikowski

    as Andrzej Kossecki

  • Bogumił Kobiela

    as Drewnowski

  • Jan Ciecierski

    as Porter

  • Stanisław Milski

    as Pieniążek

  • Artur Młodnicki

    as Kotowicz

  • Halina Kwiatkowska

    as Staniewiczowa

  • Ignacy Machowski

    as Waga

  • Zbigniew Skowroński

    as Slomka

  • Barbara Krafftówna

    as Stefka

  • Aleksander Sewruk

    as Święcki

  • Zofia Czerwińska

    as Lili

  • Irena Orzecka

    as Jurgieluszka

  • Halina Siekierko

    as Puciatycka

  • Grażyna Staniszewska

    as Hanka Lewicka

  • Jerzy Adamczak

    as Maj. Wrona

  • Adolf Chronicki

    as Podgórski

  • Wiktor Grotowicz

    as Franek Pawlicki

  • Mieczysław Łoza

    as Smolarski

  • Tadeusz Kalinowski

    as Wejchert

  • Ferdynand Matysik

    as Staszek Gawlik

  • Józef Pieracki

    as Puciatycki

  • Juliusz Grabowski

    as Musician (uncredited)

  • Jerzy Jogałła

    as Marek Szczuka (uncredited)

  • Roman Mikuła

    as Man sitting next to Drewnowski (uncredited)

  • Ryszard Pietruski

    as Worker in a Cement Plant (uncredited)

  • Cyryl Przybył

    as (uncredited)

  • Marian Skorupa

    as Militiaman (uncredited)

  • Marian Wiśniowski

    as Militiaman (uncredited)
Directing Andrzej Wajda Director
Camera Jerzy Wójcik Director of Photography
Art Roman Mann Production Design
Directing Andrzej Wróbel Assistant Director
Costume & Make-Up Katarzyna Chodorowicz Costume Design
Sound Bohdan Bieńkowski Sound
Costume & Make-Up Halina Sieńska Makeup Artist
Editing Halina Nawrocka Editor
Directing Jan Włodarczyk Assistant Director
Directing Anita Janeczkowa Assistant Director
Writing Jerzy Andrzejewski Novel
Writing Jerzy Andrzejewski Screenplay
Writing Andrzej Wajda Screenplay
Art Marian Kowaliński Assistant Production Design
Production Zygmunt Wójcik Unit Manager
Camera Jerzy Szurowski Assistant Camera
Production Ludwik Hager Assistant Production Manager
Camera Zygmunt Krusznicki Assistant Camera
Editing Irena Choryńska Assistant Editor
Costume & Make-Up Halina Ber Assistant Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Halina Zajac Assistant Makeup Artist
Camera Bogdan Myśliński Assistant Camera
Production Stanisław Adler Production Manager
Camera Krzysztof Winiewicz Camera Operator
Art Leszek Wajda Assistant Production Design
Sound Filip Nowak Conductor
Art Jarosław Świtoniak Assistant Production Design
Sound Filip Nowak Music Arranger
Production Michał Sosiński Unit Manager
Camera Wiesław Zdort Assistant Camera
Directing Janusz Morgenstern First Assistant Director

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