Publication |
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
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Copyright date |
©2009 |
Description |
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical mono Dolby |
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NTSC |
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video file region 1 |
Call # |
DVD POL |
System Req |
DVD; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby digital mono. |
Note |
In Polish with English subtitles. |
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Based on the novel by Jerzy Andrzejewski. |
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Videodisc release of the 1958 motion picture. |
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Title from disc and container. |
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Widescreen presentation. |
Cast |
Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski, Bogumil Kobiela, Jan Ciecierski, Stanislaw Milski, Artur Mlodnicki, Halina Kwiatkowska, Ignacy Machowski, Zbigniew Skowronski, Barbara Kfrafftówna, Aleksander Sewruk, Adolf Chronicki. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Jerzy Wójcik ; camera, Krzysztof Winiewicz, Wieslaw Zdort, Zygmunt Krusznicki, Jerzy Szurowski, Bogdan Myslinski ; editor, Halina Nawrocka ; music conductor, Filip Nowak. |
Summary |
Maciek is a young Resistance fighter who is ordered to kill Szczuka, a Communist district leader, on the last day of World War II. The Soviet leader who has arrived in town to establish a new government. A mistake leads him to a beautiful barmaid who shows him what his life could be like and although killing has been easy for him in the past, Szczuka was a fellow soldier, and Maciek must decide whether to follow his orders. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Poland -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Poland -- Drama.
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War films.
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Feature films -- Poland -- Drama.
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Foreign films -- Poland -- Drama.
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Fiction films -- Poland -- Drama.
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Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
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Addl. Author |
Andrzejewski, Jerzy, 1909-1983.
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Wajda, Andrzej, 1926-2016.
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Cybulski, Zbigniew, 1927-1967.
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Krzyzewski, Eva.
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Zastrzeynski, Wacław, 1900-1959.
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Pawlikowski, Adam, 1925-1976.
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Kobiela, Bogumił, 1932-1969.
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Ciecierski, Jan, 1899-1987.
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Milski, Stanisław, 1897-1972.
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Młodnicki, Artur, 1911-1972.
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Kwiatkowska, Halina, 1921-2020.
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Machowski, Ignacy.
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Skowroński, Zbigniew, 1909-1985.
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Krafftówna, Barbara.
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Sewruk, Aleksander, 1912-1974.
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Chronicki, Adolf.
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Nowak, Filip, 1923-1974.
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Andrzejewski, Jerzy, 1909-1983.
Popíoł i diament.
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Zespół Filmowy KADR.
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Jeck Film (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Note |
Essential Art House; Ashes and diamonds |
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Title on set container: Essential Art House. Vol. III. Ashes and diamonds |
ISBN |
1604651636 (disc [1] :) |
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9781604651638 (disc [1]) |
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1604651628 (set : disc [1]) |
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9781604651621 (set : disc [1]) |
Standard # |
715515046817 |
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715515046718 |
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