Popiól i diament

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

May 29 1961 Not Rated 1h 43m
Drama, Romance, War

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.

Plot

Maciek, a young Resistance fighter, is ordered to kill Szczuka, a Communist district leader, on the last day of World War II. Though killing has been easy for him in the past, Szczuka was a fellow soldier, and Maciek must decide whether to follow his orders.

Written by

Jerzy Andrzejewski, Andrzej Wajda

Directed by

Andrzej Wajda

Cast

Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski

Crew

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Production Countries

Poland

Production Companies

Zespól Filmowy "Kadr"

Languages

Polski

Awards

Nominated for 2 BAFTA 1 win & 2 nominations total

Trailers
Ashes And Diamonds aka Popiól i diament (1958) Trailer
Featurettes
Ashes and Diamonds Newsreel.avi
Scores
# of Votes
14,100
Average Rating
7.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA