ASHES AND DIAMONDS

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• Release Year: 1958
• Genre: Drama, War
• Plot: The commanding, charismatic Zbigniew Cybulski (dubbed the Polish James Dean) explodes on-screen as Maciek, a Polish soldier who, on the last day of World War II, is ordered to assassinate a Soviet leader who has arrived in town to establish a new government. Directed with stunning dexterity and inventiveness by the visionary Andrzej Wajda, Ashes and Diamonds (Popial i diament) was the ultimate film expression of Poland's postwar identity crisis and a vital work of a nation's emerging cinema.
• Cast: Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski, Bogumil Kobiela, Jan Ciecierski, Stanislaw Milski, Artur Mlodnicki, Halina Kwiatkowska, Ignacy Machowski, Zbigniew Skowronski, Barbara Krafftówna, Aleksander Sewruk, Zofia Czerwinska, Wiktor Grotowicz, Irena Orzecka, Mieczyslaw Loza, Halina Siekierko, Tadeusz Kalinowski, Grazyna Staniszewska, Ferdynand Matysik, Jerzy Adamczak, Józef Pieracki, Adolf Chronicki, Juliusz Grabowski, Jerzy Jogalla, Ryszard Pietruski, Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Andrzejewski
• Director: Andrzej Wajda
• Runtime: 1:43
• Company: Zespól Filmowy 'Kadr', The Criterion Collection, Janus Films
• Media Format: Movie