On the last day of the World War ll, Maciek, a young Home Army soldier, receives the mission to kill a communist leader. Disturbed by the sudden transformation of allies into enemies, he decides to enjoy the life for one night. It is when he falls in love with Krystyna, a waitress, and think of giving up the fight.
Winner of the FIPRESCI prize at the Venice Film Festival.
Popiół i Diament
1958
12 years
108 min.
Fiction
Poland
P&B
Andrzej Wajda
Jerzy Andrzejewski, Andrzej Wajda
Jerzy Wójcik
Halina Nawrocka
Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyżewska, Wacław Zastrzeżyński, Adam Pawlikowski, Bogumił Kobiela
Stanislaw Adler
Zespół Filmowy Kadr
KADR Film Studio
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