---
title: 'The Ashes (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Andrzej Wajda'
released: '1965-09-25'
runtime_minutes: 234
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Poland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ashes-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060847/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Ashes (1965)

1965 · 234 min · Drama · Poland

Original title: Popioły

## Synopsis

The Ashes is a 1965 Polish historical drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda, referencing the classic Stefan Żeromski epic novel of Polish Literature of the same name. It was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival. It sold about 6 million tickets in Poland, becoming one of the highest-grossing Polish films of all time.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Andrzej Wajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-wajda)
- **Screenplay:** [Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksander-scibor-rylski)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Andrzej Markowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-markowski)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jerzy Lipman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-lipman)

## Cast

- [Zbigniew Józefowicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/zbigniew-jozefowicz)
- [Bogusław Sochnacki](https://cinepixo.com/people/bogus-aw-sochnacki)
- [Zofia Saretok](https://cinepixo.com/people/zofia-saretok)
- [Michał Szewczyk](https://cinepixo.com/people/micha-szewczyk)
- [Krzysztof Litwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/krzysztof-litwin) as kompan księcia Poniatowskiego
- [Józef Duriasz](https://cinepixo.com/people/jozef-duriasz) as Piotr Olbromski
- [Beata Tyszkiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/beata-tyszkiewicz) as księżniczka Elżbieta
- [Stanisław Mikulski](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanis-aw-mikulski) as żołnierz
- [Władysław Hańcza](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-adys-aw-hancza) as ojciec Rafała
- [Zbigniew Sawan](https://cinepixo.com/people/zbigniew-sawan) as ojciec Krzysztofa
- [Marian Wojtczak](https://cinepixo.com/people/marian-wojtczak)
- [Piotr Komorowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/piotr-komorowski)
- [Tomasz Zaliwski](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomasz-zaliwski) as kompan księcia Józefa
- [Daniel Olbrychski](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-olbrychski) as Rafał Olbromski
- [Izabella Olszewska](https://cinepixo.com/people/izabella-olszewska)

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Film facts: Wikidata (Q1962887); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.