Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · directed by Andrzej Wajda
- Rating
- 84/100
- Hit
- yes
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.
Ashes and Diamonds (1958), directed by Andrzej Wajda, rates 84/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Zbigniew Cybulski
- Ewa Krzyżewska
- Wacław Zastrzeżynski
- Adam Pawlikowski
- Bogumił Kobiela
- Jan Ciecierski
- Stanisław Milski
- Artur Młodnicki
- Halina Kwiatkowska
- Ignacy Machowski
Crew
- Jerzy Wójcik — Director of Photography
- Halina Nawrocka — Editor
- Andrzej Wajda — Screenplay
- Jerzy Andrzejewski — Screenplay
More from Andrzej Wajda
- Kanal (1957) — 87/100 · hit
- Man of Iron (1981) — 80/100 · hit
- Danton (1983) — 77/100
- The Promised Land (1975) — 76/100
- Katyn (2007) — 75/100
- Man of Marble (1977) — 74/100
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