  Essential Art House: Ashes And Diamonds (1958) (Dvd)Essential Art House: Ashes And Diamonds (1958) (Dvd)
UPC Number: 715515046817
Actors: Jan Ciecierski, Zbigniew Cybulski, Bogumil Kobiela, Barbara Krafft, Eva Krzyewska
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: Polish
Number of discs: 1
Studio: Criterion
Release date: June 16, 2009
Run time: 103 minutes
Product Description
The commanding, charismatic Zbigniew Cybulski (dubbed the Polish James Dean) explodes on screen as Maciek, a Polish soldier who on the last day of World War II is ordered to assassinate a Soviet leader who has arrived in town to establish a new government. Directed with stunning dexterity and inventiveness by the visionary Andrzej Wajda, Ashes and Diamonds was the ultimate film expression of Poland’s postwar identity crisis and a vital work of a nation’s emerging cinema.
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