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)
The commanding, charismatic Zbigniew Cybulski 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 was the ultimate film expression of Poland's postwar identity crisis and a vital work of a nation's emerging cinema. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Zbigniew Cybulski
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Love at Twenty (1962)
Ewa Krzyżewska
Poland
Best movies:
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
The Bells Toll for the Barefooted (1965)
Pharaoh (1965)
Wacław Zastrzeżyński
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Adam Pawlikowski
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Canal (1957)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Bogumił Kobiela
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Eroica (1957)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Jan Ciecierski
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
The Conductor (1980)
Provincial Actors (1979)
Stanislaw Milski
Poland
Best movies:
The Noose (1957)
Birth Certificate (1961)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Artur Mlodnicki
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
The Last Stop (1948)
Halina Kwiatkowska
Poland
Best movies:
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
And Along Come Tourists (2007)
Ignacy Machowski
Poland
Best movies:
The Noose (1957)
Eroica (1957)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Zbigniew Skowroński
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Wsród nocnej ciszy (1978)
Birth Certificate (1961)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Barbara Krafftówna
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Nobody's Calling (1960)
Aleksander Sewruk
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Night Train (1959)
Giuseppe in Warsaw (1964)
Zofia Czerwińska
Poland
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
Con amore (1976)
Eroica (1957)
Irena Orzecka
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Tadeusz Kalinowski
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Noose (1957)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960)
Wiktor Grotowicz
Poland
Best movies:
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
Giuseppe in Warsaw (1964)
Mieczyslaw Loza
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Wsród nocnej ciszy (1978)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
How I Unleashed World War II (1970)
Ferdynand Matysik
Poland
Best movies:
Potop (1974)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Cuckoo in a Dark Forest (1984)
Adolf Chronicki
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Noose (1957)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
How I Unleashed World War II (1970)