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Ashes and Diamonds

Popiół i diament

1958 · Released · 97 min · Poland · Polish

Drama War

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. Over time, Chełmicki increasingly doubts if his task is worth doing.

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Also known as

Deutsch
Asche und Diamant
Español
Cenizas y diamantes
Français
Cendres et Diamant
Italiano
Cenere e diamanti
日本語
灰とダイヤモンド
한국어
재와 다이아몬드
Português
Popiól i diament

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