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Ashes and Diamonds

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Ashes and Diamonds (1958)

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Reviews Counted: 8 Fresh: 7  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 8.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Synopsis:
Andrzej Wajda's adaptation of Jerzy Andrzejewski classic novel comprises the third part of the director's World War II trilogy. Set in the immediate postwar era of 1945, the film stars Zbigniew Cybulski as Maciek Chelmicki, a gunman for the Polish underground. When he and another... [More]
Andrzej Wajda's adaptation of Jerzy Andrzejewski classic novel comprises the third part of the director's World War II trilogy. Set in the immediate postwar era of 1945, the film stars Zbigniew Cybulski as Maciek Chelmicki, a gunman for the Polish underground. When he and another operative, Andrzej (Adam Pawlikowski), ambush a jeep in which the new Communist party secretary, Szczuka (Waclaw Zastrzezynski), is supposed to be arriving, they find that he was never in the jeep. Maciek's superiors in the underground order him to make another attempt on Szczuka's life, and both Maciek and his target end up checking into the same hotel. While waiting to take down his quarry, Maciek has a fling with a barmaid, Krystyna (Ewa Krzyzanowska), that makes him question his commitment to the cloak-and-dagger life of the underground. A party celebrating the liberation goes on in the ground floor convention room, ironic for Maciek, who knows that a new war is just beginning. At daybreak, he leaves the barmaid and goes to execute his orders. Widely regarded as the best of Wajda's early films, the powerful antiwar statement features extraordinary work by the short-lived Cybulski, often described as the Polish James Dean. [Less]

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzanowska

Director: Andrzej Wajda

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Jun 11, 2004

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The third panel in Wajda WWII trilogy (that began with A Generation and continued with Kanal) is considered one of his best works, and it makes clear why the charismatic Cybulski was labeled the Polish James Dean; dying young makes the comparison ironic

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This taut political thriller is a fine example of one of the first Polish New Wave films.

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11/14/03 11:21 AM
Carol Cling
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Hailed as a masterpiece by others, Ashes and Diamonds failed to capture my imagination

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11/06/03 08:57 PM
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05/20/03 05:20 PM
Bosley Crowther
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Cybulski, called the Polish James Dean, gives a broodingly intense performance.

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