Ashes and Diamonds

Ashes and Diamonds

1958
1h 43min

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.

Ashes and Diamonds

Storyline

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.
    Released
    October 1958
    Runtime
    1h 43min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    Polish
    Production
    Zespół Filmowy Kadr
Cast
Zbigniew Cybulski
Zbigniew Cybulski
Maciek Chełmicki
Ewa Krzyżewska
Ewa Krzyżewska
Krystyna Rozbicka
Wacław Zastrzeżynski
Wacław Zastrzeżynski
Szczuka
Adam Pawlikowski
Adam Pawlikowski
Andrzej Kossecki
Bogumił Kobiela
Bogumił Kobiela
Drewnowski
Jan Ciecierski
Jan Ciecierski
Porter
Stanisław Milski
Pieniążek
Artur Młodnicki
Artur Młodnicki
Kotowicz
Halina Kwiatkowska
Halina Kwiatkowska
Staniewiczowa
Ignacy Machowski
Ignacy Machowski
Waga
Zbigniew Skowroński
Zbigniew Skowroński
Slomka
Barbara Krafftówna
Barbara Krafftówna
Stefka
Aleksander Sewruk
Aleksander Sewruk
Święcki
Zofia Czerwińska
Zofia Czerwińska
Lili
Irena Orzecka
Irena Orzecka
Jurgieluszka
Halina Siekierko
Puciatycka
Grażyna Staniszewska
Grażyna Staniszewska
Hanka Lewicka
Jerzy Adamczak
Maj. Wrona
Adolf Chronicki
Adolf Chronicki
Podgórski
Wiktor Grotowicz
Wiktor Grotowicz
Franek Pawlicki
Mieczysław Łoza
Mieczysław Łoza
Smolarski
Tadeusz Kalinowski
Tadeusz Kalinowski
Wejchert
Ferdynand Matysik
Ferdynand Matysik
Staszek Gawlik
Józef Pieracki
Józef Pieracki
Puciatycki
Juliusz Grabowski
Juliusz Grabowski
Musician (uncredited)
Jerzy Jogałła
Jerzy Jogałła
Marek Szczuka (uncredited)
Roman Mikuła
Man sitting next to Drewnowski (uncredited)
Ryszard Pietruski
Ryszard Pietruski
Worker in a Cement Plant (uncredited)
Cyryl Przybył
(uncredited)
Marian Skorupa
Militiaman (uncredited)
Marian Wiśniowski
Marian Wiśniowski
Militiaman (uncredited)
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