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Ashes And Diamonds
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Regarded as one of the greatest of all Polish films from its premiere in October 1958, Andrzej Wajda s third feature Ashes and Diamonds retains that stature over half a century later.
The entire film takes place on 8 May 1945, when the war in Europe ended with Germany s formal surrender but while other countries celebrated, Poland s postwar power struggle was only just beginning. In depicting the various factions jockeying for position, including ambitious Communists, aristocratic patriots, cynical journalists and anti-Nazi rebels recently emerged from the Warsaw sewers, Wajda brilliantly anatomises a riven country desperately trying to find its identity at a time when a fifth of its population had recently been killed and many more driven into exile. Maciek Chelmicki (Zbigniew Cybulski) embodies this conflict: outwardly a calculating assassin, his ultra-cool façade begins to crack when he badly botches a mission, falls in love with the barmaid Krystyna (Ewa Krzyzewska) and dares to dream of a life outside the armed resistance that s characterised his entire adult life. His all too human indecision makes him Polish culture s Hamlet, and Cybulski s performance remains iconic to this day.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- 2K resolution restoration of the film from original 35mm elements
- Original uncompressed mono audio
- Optional English subtitles
- Interview with director Andrzej Wajda
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Samuel Webster
- Arrow Video
- 103 mins approx.
- Andrzej Wajda
- 12
- Zbigniew Cybulski
- Ewa Krzyzewska
- English
- 1
- 2
Ashes And Diamonds
A$25.99
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Regarded as one of the greatest of all Polish films from its premiere in October 1958, Andrzej Wajda s third feature Ashes and Diamonds retains that stature over half a century later.
The entire film takes place on 8 May 1945, when the war in Europe ended with Germany s formal surrender but while other countries celebrated, Poland s postwar power struggle was only just beginning. In depicting the various factions jockeying for position, including ambitious Communists, aristocratic patriots, cynical journalists and anti-Nazi rebels recently emerged from the Warsaw sewers, Wajda brilliantly anatomises a riven country desperately trying to find its identity at a time when a fifth of its population had recently been killed and many more driven into exile. Maciek Chelmicki (Zbigniew Cybulski) embodies this conflict: outwardly a calculating assassin, his ultra-cool façade begins to crack when he badly botches a mission, falls in love with the barmaid Krystyna (Ewa Krzyzewska) and dares to dream of a life outside the armed resistance that s characterised his entire adult life. His all too human indecision makes him Polish culture s Hamlet, and Cybulski s performance remains iconic to this day.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- 2K resolution restoration of the film from original 35mm elements
- Original uncompressed mono audio
- Optional English subtitles
- Interview with director Andrzej Wajda
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Samuel Webster
- Arrow Video
- 103 mins approx.
- Andrzej Wajda
- 12
- Zbigniew Cybulski
- Ewa Krzyzewska
- English
- 1
- 2
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