Ashes and Diamonds

Ashes and Diamonds

103 mins | Drama, Romance, War | Oct. 3, 1958

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.

Ashes and Diamonds

103 mins | Drama, Romance, War | Oct. 3, 1958

Ashes and Diamonds
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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Zespól Filmowy "Kadr"
Original title Popiół i diament
Directors Andrzej Wróbel, Jan Włodarczyk, Anita Janeczkowa, Andrzej Wajda
Writers Jerzy Andrzejewski, Andrzej Wajda

Cast

Zbigniew Cybulski

as Maciek Chełmicki

Ewa Krzyżewska

as Krystyna Rozbicka

Adam Pawlikowski

as Andrzej Kossecki

Bogumił Kobiela

as Drewnowski

Jan Ciecierski

as Portier

Stanisław Milski

as Pieniazek

Artur Młodnicki

as Kotowicz

Halina Kwiatkowska

as Staniewiczowa

Aleksander Sewruk

as Swiecki

Zofia Czerwińska

as Barmanka Lili

Irena Orzecka

as Jurgieluszka

Halina Siekierko

as Puciatycka

Grażyna Staniszewska

as Hanka Lewicka

Jerzy Adamczyk

as Maj. Wrona

Adolf Chronicki

as Podgórski

Wiktor Grotowicz

as Franek Pawlicki

Mieczysław Łoza

as Smolarski

Tadeusz Kalinowski

as Wejchert

Ferdynand Matysik

as Staszek Gawlik

Józef Pieracki

as Puciatycki

Ryszard Pietruski

as Worker in the Crowd (uncredited)

Jerzy Jogałła

as Marek Szczuka (uncredited)

Juliusz Grabowski

as Musician (uncredited)