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Ashes and Diamonds
First aired on Oct 3, 1958
70%

Genres: Drama, War, Romance

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.

Featured Cast: click image to view more
Zbigniew Cybulski | Maciek Chełmicki
Ewa Krzyżewska | Krystyna Rozbicka
Wacław Zastrzeżynski | Szczuka
Adam Pawlikowski | Andrzej Kossecki
Bogumił Kobiela | Drewnowski
Jan Ciecierski | Porter
Featured Crew
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Andrzej Wajda | Director
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Jerzy Wójcik | Director of Photography
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Roman Mann | Production Design
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Jerzy Andrzejewski | Novel
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Jerzy Andrzejewski | Screenplay
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Andrzej Wajda | Screenplay