Ashes and Diamonds poster

Ashes and Diamonds( 1958)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Zbigniew Cybulski

      Maciek Chełmicki

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      Ewa Krzyżewska

      Krystyna Rozbicka

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      Wacław Zastrzeżynski

      Szczuka

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      Adam Pawlikowski

      Andrzej Kossecki

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      Bogumił Kobiela

      Drewnowski

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      Jan Ciecierski

      Porter

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      Stanisław Milski

      Pieniążek

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      Artur Młodnicki

      Kotowicz

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      Halina Kwiatkowska

      Staniewiczowa

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      Ignacy Machowski

      Waga

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      Zbigniew Skowroński

      Slomka

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      Barbara Krafftówna

      Stefka

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      Aleksander Sewruk

      Święcki

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      Zofia Czerwińska

      Lili

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      Irena Orzecka

      Jurgieluszka

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      Halina Siekierko

      Puciatycka

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      Grażyna Staniszewska

      Hanka Lewicka

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      Jerzy Adamczak

      Maj. Wrona

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      Adolf Chronicki

      Podgórski

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      Wiktor Grotowicz

      Franek Pawlicki

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      Mieczysław Łoza

      Smolarski

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      Tadeusz Kalinowski

      Wejchert

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      Ferdynand Matysik

      Staszek Gawlik

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      Józef Pieracki

      Puciatycki

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      Juliusz Grabowski

      Musician (uncredited)

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      Jerzy Jogałła

      Marek Szczuka (uncredited)

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      Roman Mikuła

      Man sitting next to Drewnowski (uncredited)

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      Ryszard Pietruski

      Worker in a Cement Plant (uncredited)

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      Cyryl Przybył

      (uncredited)

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      Marian Skorupa

      Militiaman (uncredited)

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      Marian Wiśniowski

      Militiaman (uncredited)

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    A review by badelf

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    Written by badelf on Sat Jul 09 2022
    There are so many great things about how this movie is made - the directing, the shots, the tonal quality, and the pacing. Probably most brilliant of all is how the total makes the viewer feel claustophobic. I admit, though, it's a tad dated....

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • polish resistance
    • soviet military
    • black and white
    • post war
    • post world war ii
    • post-war poland