Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Popiól i diament, Aska og demantar
"A Drama of Political Assassination"
Á síðasta degi seinni heimsstyrjaldarinnar er Maciek, ungum liðsmanni andspyrnuhreyfingarinnar í Póllandi, skipað að drepa Szczuka, leiðtoga kommúnista í umdæminu.
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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.
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Maurice WhiteDirector
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Philip BaileyWriter
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badelf ★ 8.0/10
There are so many great things about how this movie is made - the directing, the shots, the tonal quality, and the pacing. Probably most brilliant of all is how the total makes the viewer feel clausto…9. Jul 2022badelf ★ 8.0/10
There are so many great things about how this movie is made - the directing, the shots, the tonal quality, and the pacing. Probably most brilliant of all is how the total makes the viewer feel claustr…9. Jul 2022
CinemaSerf ★ 7.0/10hand2a ★ 7.0/10
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