Ashes and Diamonds
On the last day of World War II in a small town somewhere in Poland, Polish exiles of war and the occupying Soviet forces confront the beginning of a new day and a new Poland. In this incendiary environment we find Home Army soldier Maciek Chelmicki, who has been ordered to assassinate an incoming commissar. But a mistake stalls his progress and leads him to Krystyna, a beautiful barmaid who gives him a glimpse of what his life could be. Gorgeously photographed and brilliantly performed, Ashes and Diamonds masterfully interweaves the fate of a nation with that of one man, resulting in one of the most important Polish films of all time.
Special Features
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary by film scholar Annette Insdorf
- Andrzej Wajda: On Ashes and Diamonds, a 35-minute exclusive new interview with the director, second director Janusz Morgenstern, and film critic Jerzy Plazewski
- Vintage newsreel footage on the making of Ashes and Diamonds
- Rare behind-the-scenes production photos, publicity stills, and posters
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A new essay by film scholar Paul Coates
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Collector's Set
Collector's Set
Special Features
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary by film scholar Annette Insdorf
- Andrzej Wajda: On Ashes and Diamonds, a 35-minute exclusive new interview with the director, second director Janusz Morgenstern, and film critic Jerzy Plazewski
- Vintage newsreel footage on the making of Ashes and Diamonds
- Rare behind-the-scenes production photos, publicity stills, and posters
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A new essay by film scholar Paul Coates
Cast
- Zbigniew Cybulski
- Maciek Chelmicki
- Ewa Krzyzewska
- Krystyna
- Waclaw Zastrzezynski
- Szczuka
- Adam Pawlikowski
- Andrzej
- Bogumil Kobiela
- Drewnowski
- Jan Ciecierski
- Porter
- Stanislaw Milski
- Pieniazek
- Artur Mlodnicki
- Kotowicz
- Halina Kwiatkowska
- Mrs. Staniewicz
- Ignacy Machowski
- Major Florian
- Zbigniew Skowronski
- Slomka
- Barbara Krafftowna
- Stefka
Credits
- Director
- Andrzej Wajda
- Screenplay
- Andrzej Wajda
- Screenplay
- Jerzy Andrzejewski
- Cinematography
- Jerzy Wojcik
- Editing
- Halina Nawrocka
- Based on the novel by
- Jerzy Andrzejewski
- Sound
- Bogdan Bienkowski
- Music conducted by
- Filip Nowak
- Production design
- Roman Mann
- Camera
- Krzsztof Winiewicz
- Camera
- Bogdan Myslinski
- Camera
- Jerzy Szurowski
- Camera
- Zygmunt Krusznicki
- Camera
- Wieslaw Zdort
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