Ashes and Diamonds

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Ashes and Diamonds is a landmark 1958 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda that portrays the moral and political turmoil in Poland at the end of World War II.

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instanceOf Polish film
film
awardReceived FIPRESCI Prize at Venice Film Festival
linked to: FIPRESCI Prize

Polish Film Festival awards
basedOn Ashes and Diamonds (novel)
basedOnWorkBy Jerzy Andrzejewski
cinematographyBy Jerzy Wójcik
countryOfOrigin Poland
director Andrzej Wajda
distributor KADR Film Studio
editedBy Halina Prugar-Ketling
filmFestivalScreening 1959 Venice Film Festival
filmingLocation Wrocław
follows A Generation
Kanal
genre drama film
war film
hasCharacter Krystyna
Maciek Chełmicki
Szczuka
hasColor black-and-white
mainSubject moral turmoil
political turmoil
postwar Poland
movement Polish Film School
musicBy Filip Nowak
narrativeLocation fictional Polish town
notableFor iconic bar and cemetery scenes
portrayal of Polish resistance fighter
originalLanguage Polish
originalTitle Popiół i diament
partOf Andrzej Wajda war trilogy
productionCompany Kadr
publicationDate 1958
releaseDate 1958-03-20
runtime 103 minutes
screenwriter Andrzej Wajda
Jerzy Andrzejewski
setInPeriod 1945
end of World War II
starring Adam Pawlikowski
Bogumił Kobiela
Ewa Krzyżewska
Wacław Zastrzeżyński
Zbigniew Cybulski
theme aftermath of war
conflict between Home Army and communist authorities
individual conscience vs political loyalty
titleLanguage Polish

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Andrzej Wajda notableWork Ashes and Diamonds
Polish Film School notableFilm Ashes and Diamonds
A Generation followedBy Ashes and Diamonds
Kanal followedBy Ashes and Diamonds
Jerzy Lipman workedOn Ashes and Diamonds