Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
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:
Jerzy Andrzejewski, Andrzej Wajda.
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Zbigniew Cybulski as Maciek Chełmicki |
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Ewa Krzyżewska as Krystyna Rozbicka |
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Wacław Zastrzeżynski as Szczuka |
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Adam Pawlikowski as Andrzej Kossecki |
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Bogumił Kobiela as Drewnowski |
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Jan Ciecierski as Porter |
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Stanisław Milski as Pieniążek |
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Artur Młodnicki as Kotowicz |
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Halina Kwiatkowska as Staniewiczowa |
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Ignacy Machowski as Waga |
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Zbigniew Skowroński as Slomka |
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Barbara Krafftówna as Stefka |
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Aleksander Sewruk as Święcki |
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Zofia Czerwińska as Lili |
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Irena Orzecka as Jurgieluszka |
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Halina Siekierko as Puciatycka |
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Grażyna Staniszewska as Hanka Lewicka |
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Jerzy Adamczak as Maj. Wrona |
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Adolf Chronicki as Podgórski |
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Wiktor Grotowicz as Franek Pawlicki |
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Mieczysław Łoza as Smolarski |
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Tadeusz Kalinowski as Wejchert |
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Ferdynand Matysik as Staszek Gawlik |
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Józef Pieracki as Puciatycki |
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Juliusz Grabowski as Musician (uncredited) |
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Jerzy Jogałła as Marek Szczuka (uncredited) |
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Roman Mikuła as Man sitting next to Drewnowski (uncredited) |
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Ryszard Pietruski as Worker in a Cement Plant (uncredited) |
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Cyryl Przybył as (uncredited) |
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Marian Skorupa as Militiaman (uncredited) |
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Marian Wiśniowski as Militiaman (uncredited) |
| Directing | Andrzej Wajda | Director |
| Camera | Jerzy Wójcik | Director of Photography |
| Art | Roman Mann | Production Design |
| Directing | Andrzej Wróbel | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katarzyna Chodorowicz | Costume Design |
| Sound | Bohdan Bieńkowski | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Halina Sieńska | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Halina Nawrocka | Editor |
| Directing | Jan Włodarczyk | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Anita Janeczkowa | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Jerzy Andrzejewski | Novel |
| Writing | Jerzy Andrzejewski | Screenplay |
| Writing | Andrzej Wajda | Screenplay |
| Art | Marian Kowaliński | Assistant Production Design |
| Production | Zygmunt Wójcik | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Jerzy Szurowski | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Ludwik Hager | Assistant Production Manager |
| Camera | Zygmunt Krusznicki | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Irena Choryńska | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Halina Ber | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Halina Zajac | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Bogdan Myśliński | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Stanisław Adler | Production Manager |
| Camera | Krzysztof Winiewicz | Camera Operator |
| Art | Leszek Wajda | Assistant Production Design |
| Sound | Filip Nowak | Conductor |
| Art | Jarosław Świtoniak | Assistant Production Design |
| Sound | Filip Nowak | Music Arranger |
| Production | Michał Sosiński | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Wiesław Zdort | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Janusz Morgenstern | First Assistant Director |
