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Ashes and diamonds [videorecording] / screenplay by Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Andrzejewski ; directed by Andrzej Wajda.

Wajda, Andrzej, 1926- (Added Author). Cybulski, Zbigniew, 1927-1967 (Added Author). Krzyzewski, Eva. (Added Author). Pawlikowski, Adam. (Added Author). Andrzejewski, Jerzy, 1909-1983 Popiól i diament. (Added Author). Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Adam Pawlikoski, Waclaw Zastrzezynski. (Cast).

Summary:

After being ordered to kill an incoming commissar, a Polish resistance fighter finds himself becoming disillusioned about life during the final days of World War II.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Criterion Collection, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novel "Popiól i diament" by Jerzy Andrzejewski.
Features: audio commentary by film scholar Annette Insdorf, "Andrzej Wajda : on Ashes and Diamonds," vintage newsreel footage on the making of "Ashes and Diamonds," rare behind-the-scenes production photos, publicity stills, and posters, essay by film scholar Paul Coates.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1958.
Participant or Performer Note:
Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Adam Pawlikoski, Waclaw Zastrzezynski.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD, Dolby digital mono.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
In Polish with optional English subtitles.

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Subject:
Andrzejewski, Jerzy, 1909-1983 > Film and video adaptations.
World War, 1939-1945 > Poland > Drama.
Soldiers > Poland > Drama.
Poland > Drama.
Genre:
War films.
Motion pictures, Polish.
Foreign films > Poland.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.

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