Ashes and Diamonds

Ashes and Diamonds by Andrzej Wajda

7.40

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.

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Cast

Zbigniew Cybulski

Zbigniew Cybulski as Maciek Chełmicki

Ewa Krzyżewska

Ewa Krzyżewska as Krystyna Rozbicka

Wacław Zastrzeżynski

Wacław Zastrzeżynski as Szczuka

Adam Pawlikowski

Adam Pawlikowski as Andrzej Kossecki

Bogumił Kobiela

Bogumił Kobiela as Drewnowski

Jan Ciecierski

Jan Ciecierski as Porter

Stanisław Milski

Stanisław Milski as Pieniążek

Artur Młodnicki

Artur Młodnicki as Kotowicz

Halina Kwiatkowska

Halina Kwiatkowska as Staniewiczowa

Ignacy Machowski

Ignacy Machowski as Waga

Zbigniew Skowroński

Zbigniew Skowroński as Slomka

Barbara Krafftówna

Barbara Krafftówna as Stefka

Aleksander Sewruk

Aleksander Sewruk as Święcki

Zofia Czerwińska

Zofia Czerwińska as Lili

Irena Orzecka

Irena Orzecka as Jurgieluszka

Halina Siekierko

Halina Siekierko as Puciatycka

Grażyna Staniszewska

Grażyna Staniszewska as Hanka Lewicka

Jerzy Adamczak

Jerzy Adamczak as Maj. Wrona

Adolf Chronicki

Adolf Chronicki as Podgórski

Wiktor Grotowicz

Wiktor Grotowicz as Franek Pawlicki

Mieczysław Łoza

Mieczysław Łoza as Smolarski

Tadeusz Kalinowski

Tadeusz Kalinowski as Wejchert

Ferdynand Matysik

Ferdynand Matysik as Staszek Gawlik

Józef Pieracki

Józef Pieracki as Puciatycki

Juliusz Grabowski

Juliusz Grabowski as Musician (uncredited)

Jerzy Jogałła

Jerzy Jogałła as Marek Szczuka (uncredited)

Roman Mikuła

Roman Mikuła as Man sitting next to Drewnowski (uncredited)

Ryszard Pietruski

Ryszard Pietruski as Worker in a Cement Plant (uncredited)

Cyryl Przybył

Cyryl Przybył as (uncredited)

Marian Skorupa

Marian Skorupa as Militiaman (uncredited)

Marian Wiśniowski

Marian Wiśniowski as Militiaman (uncredited)

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