
Ashes and Diamonds - (1958)Released
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.
Genres
DramaWarRomance
Production Countries
Poland
Production Companies
Zespół Filmowy Kadr
Spoken Languages
Polski
Release Date
1958-10-03
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Runtime
103 minutes
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