Directed by:
Andrzej WajdaCinematography:
Jerzy WójcikCast:
Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyżewska, Wacław Zastrzeżyński, Adam Pawlikowski, Bogumił Kobiela, Jan Ciecierski, Stanislaw Milski, Artur Mlodnicki (more)Plots(1)
Wajda’s most renowned film and landmark of international cinema, Ashes and Diamonds takes place on the final day of WWII, as a young Resistance fighter is assigned to assassinate a Communist official. Perfectly realised, the film is also renowned for its electrifying, iconic, era-defining performance by Zbigniew Cybulski. This vision of Poland poised between the horrors of the recent past and an uncertain future, and the moral dilemmas faced by individuals in a time of transition, is arguably Wajda’s greatest work. (Second Run)
(more)Cast
Józef Pieracki
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Noose (1957)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Cyryl Przybył
Poland
Best movies:
The Noose (1957)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Shadow (1956)
Grażyna Staniszewska
Poland
Best movies:
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960)
Answer to Violence (1958)
Jerzy Jogałła
Poland
Best movies:
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Marian Wiśniowski
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Speed (1959)
Marian Skorupa
Poland
Best movies:
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Triumph of the Spirit (1989)
Jerzy Adamczak
Poland
Best movies:
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Halina Siekierko
Best movies:
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Juliusz Grabowski
Poland
Best movies:
The Noose (1957)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
The Depot of the Dead (1958)
Roman Mikuła
Best movies:
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
The Depot of the Dead (1958)
Ryszard Pietruski
Poland
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
The Ashes (1965)