A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to assassinate the secretary of the KW PPR. After a coincidence leads him to kill someone else, he is shocked when he meets his victim face to face. He must repeat the assassination, but meeting Krystyna, a barmaid at the Monopol hotel, makes him question the senselessness of killing at the war's end.
- Directors
- Andrzej Wajda
- Cast
- Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyżewska, Wacław Zastrzeżynski, Adam Pawlikowski, Bogumił Kobiela, Jan Ciecierski, Stanisław Milski, Artur Młodnicki, Halina Kwiatkowska, Ignacy Machowski, Zbigniew Skowroński, Barbara Krafftówna, Aleksander Sewruk, Zofia Czerwińska, Irena Orzecka, Halina Siekierko, Grażyna Staniszewska, Jerzy Adamczak, Adolf Chronicki, Wiktor Grotowicz
- Country
- Poland
- Genre
- Drama, War, Romance
- Release date
- 1958-10-03
- Studios
- Zespół Filmowy Kadr
Ashes and Diamonds Plot and Cast
Maciek Chelmicki, a young academy soldier, receives orders to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill the wrong person, and meeting his victim face to face leaves him shaken. He now faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. Meanwhile, he meets Krystyna, a barmaid at the Monopol hotel restaurant. His growing affection for her deepens his awareness of the senselessness of killing at the end of the war. Yet loyalty to his oath and the obligation to obey orders tip the scales.
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