ASA 🎥📽🎬 Ashes and Diamonds (1958) Directed by Andrzej Wajda. With Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski

Ashes and Diamonds (1958) Original title: Popiól I Diament. (Polish) Synopsis / Plot The third and last chapter of Andrzej Wajda's thematic (wartime) trilogy (coming after A Generation and Kanal), Ashes and Diamonds, a study on the political and social chaos felt at the end of the WWII, follows the story of Maciek and Andrzej, who are sent to kill a Polish Communist leader in the last day of the Second World War. Awards 1959: Venice Film Festival: FIPRESCI Award 1959: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Film and Best Foreign Actor (Cybulski)