Zbigniew Cybulski
Maciek Chelmicki
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Ashes and Diamonds (Polish: Popiół i diament) is a 1958 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda, based on the 1948 novel by Polish writer Jerzy Andrzejewski. Starring Zbigniew Cybulski and Ewa Krzyżewska, it completed Wajda's war films trilogy, following A Generation (1954) and Kanal (1956).
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- Zespół realizatorów filmowych „Kadr”
- Ashes and Diamonds, 1948 novel, by Jerzy Andrzejewski
Ashes and Diamonds: Directed by Andrzej Wajda. With Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski. As World War II and the German occupation ends, the Polish resistance and the Soviet forces turn on each other in an attempt to take over leadership in Communist Poland.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Andrzej Wajda
- 1961-05-29
Ashes and Diamonds. A milestone of Polish cinema, this electrifying international sensation by Andrzej Wajda—the final film in his celebrated war trilogy—entwines the story of one man’s moral crisis with the fate of a nation.
- Maciek Chelmicki
Watch Ashes and Diamonds with a subscription on Max, rent on Prime Video, or buy on Prime Video. A stylish thriller flavored with post-war political subtext, Ashes and Diamonds is...
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- Zbigniew Cybulski
- Andrzej Wajda
- Drama
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Jun 26, 2023 · 1958. Topics. 50 Years of Janus Films, drama, war, English-subtitles. Language. Polish. A milestone of Polish cinema, this electrifying international sensation by Andrzej Wajda—the final film in his celebrated war trilogy—entwines the story of one man’s moral crisis with the fate of a nation.
- 103 min
- 627
- 50 Years of Janus Films
On May 7, 1945, V-E Day, Andrzej and Maciek, two resistance fighters in a small Polish town, receive orders from their headquarters in London to assassinate the newly arrived Communist Party secretary, Szczuka.
On 8 May 1945, the year of Germany's surrender, a post-war Poland finds itself struggling to rise from the ashes, as ambitious cliques of patrician patriots, determined Communists, Soviet soldiers, and brave anti-German resistance fighters all jockey for position.
