A young Home Army soldier is ordered to shoot the secretary of the Polish Worker’s Party Voivodeship Committee just before the end of World War II. Meanwhile, he meets a girl, a bartender at a hotel. Torn between his sense of duty and emerging affection, he will have to make a choice.
- Main Competition
- Polish Films Competition
- Directors' Debuts Competition
- Cinematographers' Debuts Competition
- Cinematographers' Debuts Competition, Directors' Debuts Competition
- Documentary Features Competition
- Documentary Shorts Competition
- Film And Art School Etudes Competition
- Music Videos Competition
- TV Series Competition
- Special Screening
- Documentary Special Screening
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Copernicus - Scientists - Explorers - Dreamers
- Picturing the World for 75 Years. Lodz Film School Anniversary
- 100 Years of Disney Animation: A Shorts Celebration
- Panorama Etiud Studenckich Szkół Filmowych i Artystycznych
- Krzysztof Zanussi Retrospective
- Wojciech Jerzy Has Retrospective
- Peter Zeitlinger and Werner Herzog Retrospective
- Quay Brothers Retrospective
- Peter Biziou Retrospective
Ashes and Diamonds
Popiół i diament
Picturing the World for 75 Years. Lodz Film School Anniversary
Cinematographer: Jerzy Wójcik
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Writer: Jerzy Andrzejewski, Andrzej Wajda
Production designer: Roman Mann
Editor: Halina Nawrocka
Cast: Zbigniew Cybulski, Bogumił Kobiela, Ewa Krzyżewska, Adam Pawlikowski, Wacław Zastrzeżyński
Production Company: Studio Filmowe KADR
Year: 1958
Country: Poland
Time: 97