Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
All the adventure a man can live, he lives.
1958-10-03
Poland
103 Min.
PG-13
Drama, War, Romance
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.
Cast
Maciek Chełmicki
Krystyna Rozbicka
Szczuka
Andrzej Kossecki
Drewnowski
Porter
Pieniążek
Kotowicz
Staniewiczowa
Waga
Slomka
Stefka
Święcki
Lili
Jurgieluszka
Puciatycka
Hanka Lewicka
Maj. Wrona
Podgórski
Franek Pawlicki
Smolarski
Wejchert
Staszek Gawlik
Puciatycki
Musician (uncredited)
Marek Szczuka (uncredited)
Man sitting next to Drewnowski (uncredited)
Worker in a Cement Plant (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Militiaman (uncredited)
Militiaman (uncredited)
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