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Touched with the fire and rebellion of a new generation of Polish film makers - Ashes and Diamonds
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Title: Ashes and Diamonds

Release Date: 3 Oct 1958

Runtime: 1h 43m

Genre: Drama, War, Romance

Director: Studio Filmowe Kadr

Production Companies: Studio Filmowe Kadr

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.4 (242 votes)

Cast

  • Maciek Chełmicki: Zbigniew Cybulski
  • Krystyna Rozbicka: Ewa Krzyżewska
  • Szczuka: Wacław Zastrzeżynski
  • Andrzej Kossecki: Adam Pawlikowski
  • Drewnowski: Bogumił Kobiela
  • Porter: Jan Ciecierski
  • Pieniążek: Stanisław Milski
  • Kotowicz: Artur Młodnicki
  • Staniewiczowa: Halina Kwiatkowska
  • Waga: Ignacy Machowski
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