Ashes and Diamonds

Ashes and Diamonds

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

1958 pl 103 minutes

Rating: 7.4

Plot

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.

Trailer

Cast

Zbigniew Cybulski

Zbigniew Cybulski

Maciek Chełmicki

Ewa Krzyżewska

Ewa Krzyżewska

Krystyna Rozbicka

Wacław Zastrzeżynski

Wacław Zastrzeżynski

Szczuka

Adam Pawlikowski

Adam Pawlikowski

Andrzej Kossecki

Bogumił Kobiela

Bogumił Kobiela

Drewnowski

Jan Ciecierski

Jan Ciecierski

Porter

Stanisław Milski

Stanisław Milski

Pieniążek

Artur Młodnicki

Artur Młodnicki

Kotowicz

Halina Kwiatkowska

Halina Kwiatkowska

Staniewiczowa

Ignacy Machowski

Ignacy Machowski

Waga

Zbigniew Skowroński

Zbigniew Skowroński

Slomka

Barbara Krafftówna

Barbara Krafftówna

Stefka

Aleksander Sewruk

Aleksander Sewruk

Święcki

Zofia Czerwińska

Zofia Czerwińska

Lili

Irena Orzecka

Irena Orzecka

Jurgieluszka

Halina Siekierko

Halina Siekierko

Puciatycka

Grażyna Staniszewska

Grażyna Staniszewska

Hanka Lewicka

Jerzy Adamczak

Jerzy Adamczak

Maj. Wrona

Adolf Chronicki

Adolf Chronicki

Podgórski

Wiktor Grotowicz

Wiktor Grotowicz

Franek Pawlicki

Mieczysław Łoza

Mieczysław Łoza

Smolarski

Tadeusz Kalinowski

Tadeusz Kalinowski

Wejchert

Ferdynand Matysik

Ferdynand Matysik

Staszek Gawlik

Józef Pieracki

Józef Pieracki

Puciatycki

Juliusz Grabowski

Juliusz Grabowski

Musician (uncredited)

Jerzy Jogałła

Jerzy Jogałła

Marek Szczuka (uncredited)

Roman Mikuła

Roman Mikuła

Man sitting next to Drewnowski (uncredited)

Ryszard Pietruski

Ryszard Pietruski

Worker in a Cement Plant (uncredited)

Cyryl Przybył

Cyryl Przybył

(uncredited)

Marian Skorupa

Marian Skorupa

Militiaman (uncredited)

Marian Wiśniowski

Marian Wiśniowski

Militiaman (uncredited)

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