Ashes and Diamonds Poster

Ashes and Diamonds

74.00% | October 3, 1958 | Drama, War, Romance

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.

Featured Crew

Andrzej Wajda
Director
Jerzy Wójcik
Director of Photography
Roman Mann
Production Design

Cast

Zbigniew Cybulski
Zbigniew Cybulski
Maciek Chełmicki
Ewa Krzyżewska
Ewa Krzyżewska
Krystyna Rozbicka
Adam Pawlikowski
Adam Pawlikowski
Andrzej Kossecki
Bogumił Kobiela
Bogumił Kobiela
Drewnowski