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Ashes and Diamonds

Movie
1958
1h 43m
Polish
Drama, War, Romance
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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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7.8
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Ashes and Diamonds (1958) on IMDb
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91

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Cast

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Zbigniew Cybulski
Maciek Chełmicki
Ewa Krzyewska
Krystyna Rozbicka
Wacaw Zastrzeynski
Adam Pawlikowski
Andrzej Kossecki
Bogumi Kobiela
Jan Ciecierski
Stanisaw Milski
Artur Modnicki
Halina Kwiatkowska
Staniewiczowa
Ignacy Machowski
Zbigniew Skowroski
Barbara Krafftwna
Aleksander Sewruk
Zofia Czerwiska
Irena Orzecka
Jurgieluszka
Halina Siekierko
Grayna Staniszewska
Jerzy Adamczak
Maj. Wrona
Adolf Chronicki
Podgórski
Wiktor Grotowicz
Franek Pawlicki
Mieczysaw oza
Tadeusz Kalinowski
Ferdynand Matysik
Staszek Gawlik
Jzef Pieracki
Puciatycki
Juliusz Grabowski
Musician (uncredited)
Directed By: Andrzej Wajda
Written By: Andrzej Wajda (Screenplay), Jerzy Andrzejewski (Screenplay), + 1 more

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soonertbone says...
7 months ago
Thrilling opening sequence, beautiful cinematography throughout. The lead character oozed charisma, he was like a Polish James Dean in that jacket. I don't think I saw this in a version that had the best subtitles, as the action on screen sometimes felt a little opaque (although some of that surely was intended?) Overall I wanted to like this more than I did, and would want to rewatch with better subtitles.
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elclarkey says...
a month ago
Supposedly, this Polish movie is in Martin Scorcese and Francis Ford Coppolla's top 10. I dont get it. The lead actress, Ewa Krzyżewska, WOW! What a beautiful woman.
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Maarten Delfgou says...
3 years ago
The original title of the film is Popiól i Diament.
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Featured User Reviews

badelf
3 years ago
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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badelf
3 years ago
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 claustrophobic. I admit, though, it's a tad dated.
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hand2a
2 months ago
My first Wajda and I really enjoyed it. I thought that Cybulski's performance was great and I loved the scene in the pub where he's lighting vodka shots, which he plays perfectly. The shots of him through the patterned staircase looked amazing in black and white, and especially because of his sungla More
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CinemaSerf
3 months ago
You might have thought that on May 8th, 1945 the population of Poland would have been united in celebrating the defeat of their Nazi invaders. Instead, though, this film quite deftly illustrates a mixture of joy and trepidation as those who had fought together to free their country now found themsel More
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