Ashes and Diamonds

Based On the book by Jerzy Andrzejewski

Ashes and Diamonds (Polish: Popiół i diament) is a 1958 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda, based on the 1948 novel by Polish writer Jerzy Andrzejewski. Starring Zbigniew Cybulski and Ewa Krzyżewska, it completed Wajda's war films trilogy, following A Generation (1954) and Kanal (1956). The action of Ashes and Diamonds takes place in 1945, shortly after World War II. The main protagonist of the film, former Home Army soldier Maciek Chełmicki, is acting in the anti-Communist underground. Maciek receives an order to kill Szczuka, the local secretary of the Polish Workers' Party.

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Release date:

October 3, 1958

Director:

Andrzej Wajda

Cast:

Bogumił Kobiela, Stanisław Milski, Barbara Krafftówna, Ewa Krzyżewska

Genre:

Drama, War

Country:

Poland

Language:

Polish

Year page:

1958 in adaptations