Ashes and Diamonds
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Ashes and Diamonds is a landmark 1958 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda that portrays the moral and political turmoil in Poland at the end of World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Polish film
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film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
FIPRESCI Prize at Venice Film Festival
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Polish Film Festival awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Ashes and Diamonds (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Jerzy Andrzejewski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jerzy Wójcik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Poland ⓘ |
| director | Andrzej Wajda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | KADR Film Studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Halina Prugar-Ketling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFestivalScreening | 1959 Venice Film Festival ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Wrocław NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows |
A Generation
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Kanal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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war film ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Krystyna
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Maciek Chełmicki NERFINISHED ⓘ Szczuka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasColor | black-and-white ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
moral turmoil
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political turmoil ⓘ postwar Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Polish Film School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Filip Nowak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | fictional Polish town ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconic bar and cemetery scenes
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portrayal of Polish resistance fighter ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Polish ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Popiół i diament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Andrzej Wajda war trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Kadr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1958 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1958-03-20 ⓘ |
| runtime | 103 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Andrzej Wajda
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Jerzy Andrzejewski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
1945
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end of World War II ⓘ |
| starring |
Adam Pawlikowski
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Bogumił Kobiela NERFINISHED ⓘ Ewa Krzyżewska NERFINISHED ⓘ Wacław Zastrzeżyński NERFINISHED ⓘ Zbigniew Cybulski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
aftermath of war
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conflict between Home Army and communist authorities ⓘ individual conscience vs political loyalty ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Polish ⓘ |
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