Popiół i diament [videorecording] = Ashes and diamonds / Janus Films ; zespół autorów filmowych KADR przedstawia ; scenariusz na motywach powieści, Jerzego Andrzejewskiego ; [screenplay by], Jerzy Andrzejewski, Andrzej Wajda ; kierownictwo produkcji [produced by], Stanisław Adler ; reżyseria [directed by], Andrzej Wajda.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958. Based on the novel by Jerzy Andrzejewski. Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyżewska, Wacław Zastrzeżyński, Adam Pawlikowski, Bogumił Kobiela, Jan Ciecierski, Stanisław Milski, Artur Młodnicki, Halina Kwiatkowska, Ignacy Machowski, Zbigniew Skowroński, Barbara Kraftówna, Aleksander Sewruk, Adolf Chronicki.
Summary:
On the last day of World War II, Maciek, a young Resistance fighter, is ordered to kill Szczuka, a Communist district leader. The Soviet leader has arrived in town to establish a new government. A mistake leads Maciek to a beautiful barmaid who shows him what his life could be like. Although killing has been easy for Maciek in the past, Szczuka was a fellow soldier, and Maciek must decide whether to follow the orders to kill him.
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