A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. He meets Krystyna, a girl working as a barmaid in the restaurant of the "Monopol" hotel. His affection for her makes him even more aware of the senselessness of killing at the end of the war. Loyalty to the oath he took, and thus the obligation to obey the order, tips the scales.
Ashes and Diamonds has generally received very positive reviews.
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Ashes and Diamonds was released in 1958 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 89 reviews, giving Ashes and Diamonds (1958) an average rating of 80%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 85%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 75%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Ashes and Diamonds than critics were.
With a score of 80%, Ashes and Diamonds is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1958, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 1958 with similar scores include films like Auntie Mame and Mon Oncle.
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