Ashes and Diamonds(Popiół i diament)
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Poland · 1958
1h 43m
Director Andrzej Wajda
Starring Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyżewska, Wacław Zastrzeżynski, Adam Pawlikowski
Genre Drama, Romance, War
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In a small Polish town on the final day of World War II, Maciek, a fighter in the underground anti-Communist resistance movement, has orders to assassinate an incoming commissar. But when he meets and falls for a young woman, he questions his commitment to a cause that requires him to risk his life.
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