A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. He meets Krystyna, a girl working as a barmaid in the restaurant of the "Monopol" hotel. His affection for her makes him even more aware of the senselessness of killing at the end of the war. Loyalty to the oath he took, and thus the obligation to obey the order, tips the scales.

Directed by: Andrzej Wajda
Written by: Andrzej Wajda & Jerzy Andrzejewski
Runtime: 103 minutes
Critics score:
Tagline: Touched with the fire and rebellion of a new generation of Polish film makers
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Cast:
Zbigniew Cybulski Zbigniew Cybulski
Maciek Chełmicki 
Ewa Krzyżewska Ewa Krzyżewska
Krystyna Rozbicka 
Adam Pawlikowski Adam Pawlikowski
Andrzej Kossecki 
Bogumił Kobiela Bogumił Kobiela
Drewnowski 
Jan Ciecierski Jan Ciecierski
Porter 
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Also known as:
  • Ashes and Diamonds
  • Cinzas e Diamantes
  • Пепел и диамант
  • Aske og diamanter
  • Tuhkaa ja timantteja
  • Stahtes kai diamantia
  • Hamu és gyémánt
  • 재와 다이아몬드