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Ashes and Diamonds

Directed by Andrzej Wajda
1958    1h 43m    Not Rated
Drama, War,
7.796%87%
In the waning hours of World War II, resistance fighter Maciek faces a harrowing choice: assassinate his former comrade Szczuka or defy orders and confront his own humanity. This poignant tale entwines loyalty, guilt, and the fragility of ideals amidst chaos.
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Cast of Ashes and Diamonds
  • Zbigniew CybulskiMaciek Chełmicki
  • Ewa KrzyżewskaKrystyna Rozbicka
  • Wacław ZastrzeżynskiSzczuka
  • Adam PawlikowskiAndrzej Kossecki
  • Bogumił KobielaDrewnowski
  • Jan CiecierskiPorter
  • Stanisław MilskiPieniążek
  • Artur MłodnickiKotowicz
  • Halina KwiatkowskaStaniewiczowa
  • Ignacy MachowskiWaga
  • Zbigniew SkowrońskiSlomka
  • Barbara KrafftównaStefka
  • Aleksander SewrukŚwięcki
  • Zofia CzerwińskaLili
  • Irena OrzeckaJurgieluszka
  • Halina SiekierkoPuciatycka
  • Grażyna StaniszewskaHanka Lewicka
  • Jerzy AdamczakMaj. Wrona
  • Adolf ChronickiPodgórski
  • Wiktor GrotowiczFranek Pawlicki
  • Mieczysław ŁozaSmolarski
  • Tadeusz KalinowskiWejchert
  • Ferdynand MatysikStaszek Gawlik
  • Józef PierackiPuciatycki
  • Juliusz GrabowskiMusician (uncredited)
  • Jerzy JogałłaMarek Szczuka (uncredited)
  • Roman MikułaMan sitting next to Drewnowski (uncredited)
  • Ryszard PietruskiWorker in a Cement Plant (uncredited)
  • Cyryl Przybył(uncredited)
  • Marian SkorupaMilitiaman (uncredited)
  • Marian WiśniowskiMilitiaman (uncredited)
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