Ashes and Diamonds 1958 Criterion 1080p BluRay FLAC 1 0 x265-SARTRE
As WWII and the German occupation ends, the Polish resistance and the Russian forces turn on each other in an attempt to take over leadership in Communist Poland.
Year: 1958
Duration: 103 min
Release date: Friday 6th November 1959
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
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Stars:
Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski, Bogumil Kobiela, Jan Ciecierski, Stanislaw Milski, Artur Mlodnicki
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Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
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STARS...........: Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski
DIRECTOR........: Andrzej Wajda
WRITERS.........: Jerzy Andrzejewski, Andrzej Wajda
GENRE...........: War, Drama, Romance
IMDB............: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052080
RUNTIME.........: 1h 43mn
SIZE............: 6.70 GB
VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC (Main10@L4)
BITRATE.........: 9000 Kbps (2-pass)
RESOLUTION......: 1800x1080
ASPECT RATIO....: 1.66:1
FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps
AUDIO1..........: Polish FLAC 1.0
AUDIO2..........: Commentary by film scholar Annette Insdorf
SUBTITLES.......: ENG
SOURCE..........: Criterion Blu-ray, Criterion DVD, Pro-Motion Blu-ray
ENCODE DATE.....: 2022-08-19
A milestone of Polish cinema, this electrifying international sensation by Andrzej Wajda—the final film in his celebrated war trilogy—entwines the story of one man&s moral crisis with the fate of a nation. In a small Polish town on the final day of World War II, Maciek (the coolly charismatic Zbigniew Cybulski), a fighter in the underground anti-Communist resistance movement, has orders to assassinate an incoming commissar. But when he meets and falls for a young barmaid (Ewa Krzyżewska), he begins to question his commitment to a cause that requires him to risk his life. Ashes and Diamonds& lustrous monochrome cinematography—wreathed in shadows, smoke, and fog—and spectacularly choreographed set pieces lend a breathtaking visual dynamism to this urgent, incendiary vision of a country at a crossroads in its struggle for self-determination.
Extras
• Audio commentary by film scholar Annette Insdorf.
• New video essay by Insdorf on the film&s legacy
• Andrzej Wajda: On Ashes and Diamonds, a 2005 interview with Wajda and others.
• Vintage newsreel footage on the making of Ashes and Diamonds.
• Rare production photos, publicity stills and posters. [Criterion DVD]
• A short featurette on the film's reconstruction. [Pro-Motion Blu-ray]
• Trailer [Pro-Motion Blu-ray]
