Ashes and Diamonds

Ashes and Diamonds(1958)

10/03/1958 (US)Drama, War, Romance1h 43m
7.4

"Touched with the fire and rebellion of a new generation of Polish film makers"

Overview

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.

Andrzej Wajda

Director

Andrzej Wajda

Screenplay

Jerzy Andrzejewski

Screenplay

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Ashes And Diamonds aka Popiól i diament (1958) Trailer

Ashes And Diamonds aka Popiól i diament (1958) Trailer

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Ashes and Diamonds Newsreel.avi

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A review by badelf
8.0

Written on July 9, 2022

There are so many great things about how this movie is made - the directing, the shots, the tonal quality, and the pacing. Probably most brilliant of all is how the total makes the viewer feel claustophobic. I admit, though, it's a tad dated.