Ashes and Diamonds (1961)

Name: Ashes and Diamonds
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Released: 2020-06-28
Duration: 1 hr 43 min
Rating: 74
Cast: Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyżewska, Wacław Zastrzeżynski, Adam Pawlikowski, Bogumił Kobiela

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Movie"Touched with the fire and rebellion of a new generation of Polish film makers"

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NR 1 hr 43 minMay 29th, 1961Drama, Romance, War

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.

StarringZbigniew CybulskiEwa KrzyżewskaWacław Zastrzeżynski

DirectorAndrzej Wajda

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