---
title: 'Ashes and Diamonds (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Andrzej Wajda'
released: '1958-10-03'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Poland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ashes-and-diamonds-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052080/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ashes and Diamonds (1958)

1958 · 97 min · Drama, War · Poland

Original title: Popiół i diament

## Synopsis

Ashes and Diamonds is a 1958 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda, based on the 1948 novel by Polish writer Jerzy Andrzejewski. Starring Zbigniew Cybulski and Ewa Krzyżewska, it completed Wajda's war films trilogy, following A Generation (1954) and Kanal (1956). The action of Ashes and Diamonds takes place in 1945, shortly after World War II. The main protagonist of the film, former Home Army soldier Maciek Chełmicki, is acting in the anti-Communist underground. Maciek receives an order to kill Szczuka, the local secretary of the Polish Workers' Party. Over time, Chełmicki increasingly doubts if his task is worth doing.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Andrzej Wajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-wajda)
- **Screenplay:** [Andrzej Wajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-wajda), [Jerzy Andrzejewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-andrzejewski)
- **Producer:** [Roman Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-mann)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jerzy Wójcik](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-wojcik)

## Cast

- [Wiktor Grotowicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/wiktor-grotowicz)
- [Wacław Zastrzeżyński](https://cinepixo.com/people/wac-aw-zastrzezynski) as Szczuka
- [Ryszard Pietruski](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryszard-pietruski)
- [Adam Pawlikowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-pawlikowski) as Andrzej
- [Artur Młodnicki](https://cinepixo.com/people/artur-m-odnicki)
- [Tadeusz Kalinowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/tadeusz-kalinowski)
- [Ignacy Machowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/ignacy-machowski) as Waga
- [Zofia Czerwińska](https://cinepixo.com/people/zofia-czerwinska)
- [Zbigniew Skowroński](https://cinepixo.com/people/zbigniew-skowronski)
- [Adolf Chronicki](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolf-chronicki)
- [Bogumił Kobiela](https://cinepixo.com/people/bogumi-kobiela) as Drewnowski
- [Józef Pieracki](https://cinepixo.com/people/jozef-pieracki)
- [Barbara Krafftówna](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-krafftowna)
- [Halina Kwiatkowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/halina-kwiatkowska)
- [Ewa Krzyżewska](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewa-krzyzewska) as Krystyna

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/ashes-and-diamonds-1958
Film facts: Wikidata (Q722281); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.