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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Zbigniew Cybulski | ... | Maciek Chelmicki | |
| Ewa Krzyzewska | ... | Krystyna | |
| Waclaw Zastrzezynski | ... | Szczuka | |
| Adam Pawlikowski | ... | Andrzej | |
| Bogumil Kobiela | ... | Drewnowski | |
| Jan Ciecierski | ... | Portier | |
| Stanislaw Milski | ... | Pieniazek | |
| Artur Mlodnicki | ... | Kotowicz | |
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Halina Kwiatkowska | ... | Staniewiczowa |
| Ignacy Machowski | ... | Waga | |
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Zbigniew Skowronski | ... | Slomka |
| Barbara Krafftówna | ... | Stefka (as Barbara Kraftówna) | |
| Aleksander Sewruk | ... | Swiecki | |
| Zofia Czerwinska | ... | Barmaid Lili (as Z. Czerwinska) | |
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Wiktor Grotowicz | ... | Franek Pawlicki (as W. Grotowicz) |
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Maciek, a young Resistance fighter, is ordered to kill Szczuka, a Communist district leader, on the last day of World War II. Though killing has been easy for him in the past, Szczuka was a fellow soldier, and Maciek must decide whether to follow his orders. Written by Kevin Dorner <mrkevvy@pathcom.com>
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resistance movement | 1940s | world war two | wrong person assassinated | warsaw poland |Taglines:
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Maciek Chelmicki: ...Or will the ashes hold the glory of a starlike diamond... /The Morning Star of everlasting triumph.
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[Performed by orchestra for celebratory war's end banquet. Name of performers not listed.]
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Majek is shot in the back while running away from military, but in the following scenes his wounds are only in his chest and not in his back. See more »Quotes
Krystyna: So often, are you as a blazing torch with flames/ of burning rags falling about you flaming, /you know not if flames bring freedom or death. /Consuming all that you must cherish /if ashes only will be left, and want Chaos and tempest...Maciek Chelmicki: ...Or will the ashes hold the glory of a starlike diamond... /The Morning Star of everlasting triumph.
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Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53[Performed by orchestra for celebratory war's end banquet. Name of performers not listed.]
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The post-war years were a difficult time for much of Eastern Europe, and ended with that region being plunged into dictatorship; so in many ways, it's surprising to see a film about that era (made under the communists) whose heroes are a pair of anti-communist assassins. One might more accurately say "anti-heroes", but the truth is, Andrzej Wajda's film is a critically sympathetic account of the motives on those on all sides in the conflict. Also marking this film out as modern is the dry script and mordant humour; while a big improvement over Wajda's previous movie, 'Kanal' (which had a horrible score) is the clever use of background music as orchestration. Some things do remind you that this film is (by now) almost fifty years old: not all the acting reaches contemporary standards. Still, it's as good a movie as was made in the 1950s, and all the more telling for its relative proximity to the events it displays.