

Ashes and Diamonds
Touched with the fire and rebellion of a new generation of Polish film makers
7.4103 min
DramaWarRomance
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.
Movie Info
Release Date: 10/3/1958
Runtime: 103 min
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Writers: Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Jerzy Andrzejewski
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