Andrzej Wajda: Ashes and Diamonds

Director: Andrzej Wajda

Writers: Andrzej Wajda Jerzy Andrzejewski
Stars: Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzanowska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski, Bogumil Kobiela

Maciek, a young Resistance fighter, is ordered to kill Szczuka, a Communist district leader, on the last day of World War II. Though killing has been easy for him in the past, Szczuka was a fellow soldier, and Maciek must decide whether to follow his orders.

Andrzej Wajda retrospective Program