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