Ashes and Diamonds (1958)

ALL 10/03/1958 (pl) Drama, War, Romance 103 Min
  • Release
    10/03/1958
  • Production
    Zespół Filmowy Kadr
  • Rotten tomato
    74.66%
  • Original title
    Popiół i diament
  • Original language
    pl
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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

Overview

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.

  1. Andrzej Wajda

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Producer



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Casts

  1. Zbigniew Cybulski

    Maciek Chełmicki

  2. Ewa Krzyżewska

    Krystyna Rozbicka

  3. Wacław Zastrzeżynski

    Szczuka

  4. Adam Pawlikowski

    Andrzej Kossecki

  5. Bogumił Kobiela

    Drewnowski

  6. Jan Ciecierski

    Porter

  7. Stanisław Milski

    Pieniążek

  8. Artur Młodnicki

    Kotowicz

  9. Halina Kwiatkowska

    Staniewiczowa

  10. Ignacy Machowski

    Waga

  11. Zbigniew Skowroński

    Slomka

  12. Barbara Krafftówna

    Stefka

  13. Aleksander Sewruk

    Święcki

  14. Zofia Czerwińska

    Lili

  15. Irena Orzecka

    Jurgieluszka

  16. Halina Siekierko

    Puciatycka

  17. Grażyna Staniszewska

    Hanka Lewicka

  18. Jerzy Adamczak

    Maj. Wrona

  19. Adolf Chronicki

    Podgórski

  20. Wiktor Grotowicz

    Franek Pawlicki

  21. Mieczysław Łoza

    Smolarski

  22. Tadeusz Kalinowski

    Wejchert

  23. Ferdynand Matysik

    Staszek Gawlik

  24. Józef Pieracki

    Puciatycki

  25. Juliusz Grabowski

    Musician (uncredited)

  26. Jerzy Jogałła

    Marek Szczuka (uncredited)

  27. Roman Mikuła

    Man sitting next to Drewnowski (uncredited)

  28. Ryszard Pietruski

    Worker in a Cement Plant (uncredited)

  29. Cyryl Przybył

    (uncredited)

  30. Marian Skorupa

    Militiaman (uncredited)

  31. Marian Wiśniowski

    Militiaman (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 31 , Crews : 31

Keyword

Ashes and Diamonds (1958) 103 Min

ALL 10/03/1958 (pl)
Drama, War, Romance
  • Release 10/03/1958
  • Production
    Zespół Filmowy Kadr
  • Original title Popiół i diament
  • pl
  • Revenue0.00

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

Overview

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.

  1. Andrzej Wajda

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Halina Nawrocka

    Editor

  4. Producer