Ashes and Diamonds

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Ashes and Diamonds (1958)

DramaWarRomance

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.

Director: Andrzej Wajda
Writers: Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Andrzejewski.

Release Date: 1958-10-03
Status: Released
Run time: 103 min / 1:43
Production Company : Zespół Filmowy Kadr
Production Country: Poland

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Casts

Zbigniew Cybulski
Maciek Chełmicki
Ewa Krzyżewska
Krystyna Rozbicka
Wacław Zastrzeżynski
Szczuka
Adam Pawlikowski
Andrzej Kossecki
Bogumił Kobiela
Drewnowski
Jan Ciecierski
Porter
Stanisław Milski
Pieniążek
Artur Młodnicki
Kotowicz
Halina Kwiatkowska
Staniewiczowa
Ignacy Machowski
Waga
Zbigniew Skowroński
Slomka
Barbara Krafftówna
Stefka
Aleksander Sewruk
Święcki
Zofia Czerwińska
Lili
Irena Orzecka
Jurgieluszka
Halina Siekierko
Puciatycka
Grażyna Staniszewska
Hanka Lewicka
Jerzy Adamczak
Maj. Wrona
Adolf Chronicki
Podgórski
Wiktor Grotowicz
Franek Pawlicki
Mieczysław Łoza
Smolarski
Tadeusz Kalinowski
Wejchert
Ferdynand Matysik
Staszek Gawlik
Józef Pieracki
Puciatycki
Juliusz Grabowski
Musician (uncredited)
Jerzy Jogałła
Marek Szczuka (uncredited)
Roman Mikuła
Man sitting next to Drewnowski (uncredited)
Ryszard Pietruski
Worker in a Cement Plant (uncredited)
Cyryl Przybył
(uncredited)
Marian Skorupa
Militiaman (uncredited)
Marian Wiśniowski
Militiaman (uncredited)

Crew

Writing Andrzej Wajda Screenplay
Directing Andrzej Wajda Director
Camera Jerzy Wójcik Director of Photography
Writing Jerzy Andrzejewski Screenplay
Writing Jerzy Andrzejewski Novel
Sound Filip Nowak Conductor
Sound Filip Nowak Music Arranger
Camera Krzysztof Winiewicz Camera Operator
Directing Janusz Morgenstern First Assistant Director
Camera Wiesław Zdort Assistant Camera
Directing Anita Janeczkowa Assistant Director
Art Jarosław Świtoniak Assistant Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Halina Sieńska Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Katarzyna Chodorowicz Costume Design
Production Stanisław Adler Production Manager
Art Roman Mann Production Design
Art Leszek Wajda Assistant Production Design
Editing Halina Nawrocka Editor
Camera Jerzy Szurowski Assistant Camera
Directing Jan Włodarczyk Assistant Director
Directing Andrzej Wróbel Assistant Director
Sound Bohdan Bieńkowski Sound
Costume & Make-Up Halina Zajac Assistant Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Halina Ber Assistant Makeup Artist
Production Ludwik Hager Assistant Production Manager
Editing Irena Choryńska Assistant Editor
Production Zygmunt Wójcik Unit Manager
Production Michał Sosiński Unit Manager
Camera Bogdan Myśliński Assistant Camera
Camera Zygmunt Krusznicki Assistant Camera
Art Marian Kowaliński Assistant Production Design

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