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  1. Ashes and Diamonds (Polish: Popiół i diament) is a 1958 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda, based on the 1948 novel by Polish writer Jerzy Andrzejewski. Starring Zbigniew Cybulski and Ewa Krzyżewska, it completed Wajda's war films trilogy, following A Generation (1954) and Kanal (1956).

  2. Ashes and Diamonds: Directed by Andrzej Wajda. With Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski. As World War II and the German occupation ends, the Polish resistance and the Soviet forces turn on each other in an attempt to take over leadership in Communist Poland.

    • (14K)
    • Drama, Romance, War
    • Andrzej Wajda
    • 1961-05-29
  3. A classic Polish film by Andrzej Wajda about a resistance fighter's moral dilemma in the final days of World War II. The film features stunning black-and-white cinematography, a charismatic lead actor, and a powerful commentary on the nation's fate.

    • Maciek Chelmicki
  4. Jun 26, 2023 · A milestone of Polish cinema, this electrifying international sensation by Andrzej Wajdathe final film in his celebrated war trilogy—entwines the story of one man’s moral crisis with the fate of a nation.

    • 103 min
    • 779
    • 50 Years of Janus Films
  5. A stylish thriller flavored with post-war political subtext, Ashes and Diamonds is incendiary intellectual cinema that still delivers genre thrills. Read Critics Reviews

    • (26)
    • Zbigniew Cybulski
    • Andrzej Wajda
    • Drama
  6. On 8 May 1945, the year of Germany's surrender, a post-war Poland finds itself struggling to rise from the ashes, as ambitious cliques of patrician patriots, determined Communists, Soviet soldiers, and brave anti-German resistance fighters all jockey for position.

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  8. A Polish Resistance fighter is ordered to kill a Communist leader on the last day of World War II. Learn more about the 1961 film adaptation of Jerzy Andrzejewski's novel, directed by Andrzej Wajda and starring Zbigniew Cybulski.