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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.
Ashes and Diamonds is a film that explores themes of polish resistance, soviet military, black and white. It also touches on post war and post world war ii and post-war poland.
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Andrzej Wajda
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Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyżewska, Wacław Zastrzeżynski, Adam Pawlikowski, Bogumił Kobiela, Jan Ciecierski, Stanisław Milski, Artur Młodnicki, Halina Kwiatkowska, Ignacy Machowski
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Ashes and Diamonds
You can watch Ashes and Diamonds (1958) for free on Kanopy.
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7.4/10
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96%
Director
Andrzej Wajda
Cast
Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyżewska, Wacław Zastrzeżynski, Adam Pawlikowski, Bogumił Kobiela, Jan Ciecierski, Stanisław Milski, Artur Młodnicki, Halina Kwiatkowska, Ignacy Machowski
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polish resistance · soviet military · black and white · post war · post world war ii · post-war poland
Ashes and Diamonds is streaming on Max. Watch Ashes and Diamonds for free on Kanopy. Ashes and Diamonds is streaming on Criterion Channel. Ashes and Diamonds is not currently available on Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Prime Video, Apple TV+. Availability last verified May 28, 2026.