Ashes and Diamonds 12A

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This film was last shown on 6 July 2015

Long established as one of Polish cinema's supreme masterpieces, Wajda's film vividly captures the turbulence and confusion immediately following the Second World War, as a former resistance hero turns anti-Communist assassin. Audiences were supposed to empathise with his intended victim, but Zbigniew Cybulski (dubbed the 'Polish James Dean') gave such a charismatic performance as the conflicted killer it seemed to crystallise the fears and uncertainties of a generation.

Showing as part of Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema

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ashes and diamonds
Director
Andrzej Wajda
Country
Poland
Year
1958
Duration
104 mins
Language
Polish

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