Ashes and Diamonds
Touched with the fire and rebellion of a new generation of Polish film makers
103 mins
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.
Halina Siekierko
Puciatycka
Jerzy Adamczak
Maj. Wrona
Roman Mikuła
Man sitting next to Drewnowski (uncredited)
Cyryl Przybył
(uncredited)
Marian Skorupa
Militiaman (uncredited)
Roman Mann
Production Design
Halina Nawrocka
Editor
Katarzyna Chodorowicz
Costume Design
Anita Janeczkowa
Assistant Director
Andrzej Wróbel
Assistant Director
Bohdan Bieńkowski
Sound
Halina Sieńska
Makeup Artist
Krzysztof Winiewicz
Camera Operator
Zygmunt Krusznicki
Assistant Camera
Jerzy Szurowski
Assistant Camera
Bogdan Myśliński
Assistant Camera
Leszek Wajda
Assistant Production Design
Marian Kowaliński
Assistant Production Design
Filip Nowak
Music Arranger
Filip Nowak
Conductor
Halina Zajac
Assistant Makeup Artist
Stanisław Adler
Production Manager
Ludwik Hager
Assistant Production Manager
Zygmunt Wójcik
Unit Manager
Michał Sosiński
Unit Manager