movie poster for ASHES AND DIAMONDS

Flicks ID

1358

Cert

12

Running time

98 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

ASHES AND DIAMONDS (1958)

ANDRZEJ WAJDA

Plot

The last of Wajda's famous trilogy, the one that signifies despair, has Cybulski, the 'Polish James Dean', as a young fighter no longer killing Germans but instructed to assassinate a recently appointed communist official. His deepening love affair with a hotel barmaid has him starting to question the value of his struggle. Superb.