50th Polish Film Festival

50th Polish Film Festival

Gdynia 22-27 September 2025

Ashes and Diamonds

Ashes and Diamonds

dir.

Andrzej Wajda 

1958, 1 h 37 min

The final day of the war, the last night of occupation, and the morning of the first day of peace — 8th May 1945: over the course of these few hours, Maciek Chełmicki, a young soldier of the Home Army who was ordered to kill a Communist activist, will struggle with himself. Prepared to die a heroic death for his ideals, he now finds his first love and feels doubt for the first time.

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