- Country: Poland
- Genres: Drama, Romance, War
- Release: 1961-05-29
- Director: Andrzej Wajda
- Writers: Jerzy Andrzejewski , Andrzej Wajda
- Language: Polish
- Stars: Zbigniew Cybulski , Ewa Krzyzewska , Waclaw Zastrzezynski , Adam Pawlikowski , Bogumil Kobiela , Jan Ciecierski , Stanislaw Milski , Artur Mlodnicki , Halina Kwiatkowska , Ignacy Machowski
- Runtime: 103 min
- Awards: Nominated for 2 BAFTA 1 win & 2 nominations total
- AKA: 灰燼與鑽石 (Taiwan) , Στάχτες και διαμάντια (Greece) , 灰とダイヤモンド (Japan) , Cinza e Diamantes (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Pepeo i dijamant (Serbia) , Ashes and Diamonds (United States of America) , Popiół i diament (Poland) , Cenizas y diamantes (Argentina) , Ashes and Diamonds , Aske og diamanter (Norway) , Tuhkaa ja timantteja (Finland) , Cenere e diamanti (Italy) , Aska och diamanter (Sweden) , Asche und Diamant , Пепел и алмаз , Pepeo i dijamant , Ashes and Diamonds (Canada) , Попіл і діамант (Ukraine) , Küller ve Elmaslar (Turkey) , Cenizas y diamantes (Spain) , Ashes and Diamonds (United Kingdom) , Cenizas y diamantes (Mexico) , Пепел и диамант (Bulgaria) , 灰烬与钻石 (China) , Cendres et diamant (France, French Republic) , Asche und Diamant , 재와 다이아몬드 (Korea) , Cenuşă şi diamant (Romania) , Cinzas E Diamantes (Brazil) , Pepel in diamant (Slovenia) , Pepeo i dijamant (Croatia) , Aska och diamant (Finland) , As en diamanten (Netherlands the) , Popiól i diament , Cenizas y diamantes (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Pepel in diamant , Cenizas y diamantes (Chile) , Aske og diamanter (Denmark) , Tuhkaa ja timanttia (Finland) , Hamu és gyémánt (Hungary) , Pepeo i dijamant , Cuţitul în apă (Romania)
- Plot:
It’s May 1945, and Nazi Germany has just surrendered. The war is over, but not in Poland. As the German soldiers vacate, the remaining Russian forces and Polish resistance fighters must work out the hierarchies of power in “liberated” Communist Poland. A Polish assassin is given orders to kill a Russian soldier whom he, days before, was fighting alongside, and this moral conflict makes him question the goals for which he has been fighting.
- IMDB:tt0052080
Ashes and Diamonds Cast · · · ALL
Andrzej Wajda
Director
Zbigniew Cybulski
Maciek Chełmicki
Ewa Krzyzewska
Krystyna Rozbicka
Waclaw Zastrzezynski
Szczuka
Adam Pawlikowski
Andrzej Kossecki
Bogumil Kobiela
Drewnowski
Jan Ciecierski
Porter
Stanislaw Milski
Pieniążek
Artur Mlodnicki
Kotowicz
Halina Kwiatkowska
Staniewiczowa
Ignacy Machowski
Waga
Zbigniew Skowronski
Slomka
Barbara Krafftówna
Stefka
Aleksander Sewruk
Święcki
Zofia Czerwinska
Lili
Grazyna Staniszewska
Hanka Lewicka
Jerzy Adamczak
Maj. Wrona
Adolf Chronicki
Podgórski
Wiktor Grotowicz
Franek Pawlicki
Ferdynand Matysik
Staszek Gawlik
Józef Pieracki
Puciatycki
Ryszard Pietruski
Worker in a Cement Plant (uncredited)