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
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)