Ashes and Diamonds (Popiól i diament)

1958 | Drama |103 min.

Showings

Michigan Theater - Screening Room Wed, Oct 24, 2018 7:00 PM
Polish History in Film Masterpieces Film Series. Free and open to the public!
Event Info
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Polish Series
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Description

Wednesday, Oct.24, 7:00 pm. Part of the Polish History in Film Masterpieces Film Series presented by the Polish Cultural Fund. Free and open to the public! It's May 1945, and Nazi Germany has just surrendered. The war is over, but not in Poland. As the German soldiers vacate, the remaining Russian forces and Polish resistance fighters must work out the hierarchies of power in "liberated" Communist Poland. A Polish assassin (Zbigniew Cybulski) is given orders to kill a Russian soldier (Waclaw Zastrzezynsky) whom he, days before, was fighting alongside, and this moral conflict makes him question the goals for which he has been fighting. Directed by Andrzej Wajda.


ABOUT 100 YEARS OF POLAND’S REGAINED INDEPENDENCE: POLISH HISTORY IN FILM MASTERPIECES

To celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Poland’s regained independence, the Po­lish Filmmakers Association is organizing a series of screenings of films with a historical theme. The idea behind the project is to disseminate knowledge of Polish art and history in the international arena by presenting films of outstanding artistic quality. Films recom­mended by a committee of experts offer audiences both a wide thematic spectrum and a diversity of aesthetics. The works in question give an insight into Polish history from the viewpoint of several generations, ranging from Andrzej Wajda, now a classic figure of Polish cinema, to Jan Komasa, a representative of youngest Polish filmmakers.