Best on Max: Ashes and Diamonds Watch and Cast Guide

Ashes and Diamonds (1958) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. Touched with the fire and rebellion of a new generation of Polish film makers

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

Zbigniew Cybulski as Maciek Chełmicki; Ewa Krzyżewska as Krystyna Rozbicka; Wacław Zastrzeżynski as Szczuka; Adam Pawlikowski as Andrzej Kossecki; Bogumił Kobiela as Drewnowski; Jan Ciecierski as Porter; Stanisław Milski as Pieniążek; Artur Młodnicki as Kotowicz

About Ashes and Diamonds

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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