ASHES & DIAMONDS POPIÓŁ I DIAMENT ANDRZEJ WAJDA

  • POLAND

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  • POLISH

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  • 1958

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  • 103 mins

  • FILM COURTESY

    Polish Institute, New Delhi

On the final day of a major global conflict, a young resistance fighter receives orders to carry out one last assignment. As the nation transitions between eras of control, he experiences a chance romantic encounter that sparks a profound moral crisis. He finds himself torn between his ingrained sense of duty and a newfound desire for a normal, peaceful life.

ಒಂದು ದೊಡ್ಡ ಜಾಗತಿಕ ಸಂಘರ್ಷದ ಕೊನೆಯ ದಿನ, ಯುವ ಪ್ರತಿರೋಧ ಹೋರಾಟಗಾರನಿಗೆ ಕೊನೆಯದೊಂದು ಕೆಲಸವನ್ನು ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳಿಸುವ ಆದೇಶ ಬರುತ್ತದೆ. ದೇಶವು ನಿಯಂತ್ರಣದ ಬೇರೆ ಬೇರೆ ಕಾಲಘಟ್ಟಗಳ ಮಧ್ಯೆ ಬದಲಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವಾಗ, ಅವನು ಅನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿತವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಣಯವೊಂದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಲುಕಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಅದು ಅವನೊಳಗೆ ಗಾಢವಾದ ನೈತಿಕವಾದ ಬಿಕ್ಕಟ್ಟನ್ನು ಹುಟ್ಟುಹಾಕುತ್ತದೆ. ಅವನು ತನ್ನೊಳಗೆ ಬೇರುಬಿಟ್ಟ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯಭಾವ ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾದ, ನೆಮ್ಮದಿಯ ಬದುಕಿನ ಹೊಸ ಆಸೆಯ ನಡುವೆ ಚೂರುಚೂರಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Producer(s) or Production Company :

Zespół Filmowy Kadr

Screenplay :

Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Andrzejewski

Director of Photography :

Jerzy Wojcik

Editor :

Halina Nawrocka

Music :

Filip Nowak

Sound :

Bogdan Bienkowski

Cast :

Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski, Bogumił Kobiela

Awards - Winner :

Venice FF, 1959 (FIPRESCI)

Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection :

BAFTA Awards, 1960 (Best Foreign Actor, Best Film)

Andrzej Wajda (1926–2016) was a towering Polish filmmaker and a key figure of the Polish Film School who shaped postwar European cinema. Born in Suwałki, he joined the anti-Nazi resistance as a teenager, experiences that deeply informed his work. He studied painting in Kraków and film directing in Łódź. Wajda gained international recognition with his wartime trilogy A GENERATION (1954), CANAL (1957), and ASHES AND DIAMONDS (1959). His prolific career blended history, political critique, and humanism in films such as THE BIRCH WOOD (1971), THE PROMISED LAND (1975), MAN OF MARBLE (1977), MAN OF IRON (1981), and DANTON (1982).