"Ashes and Diamonds" features gorgeous photography and a breathtaking performance by the male lead Cibulski, which is the pinnacle of Polish cinema at all times. The director’s interest in the film has shifted from facts to deeper thinking and innuendo criticism of reality
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"Ashes and Diamonds" is the perfect combination of Waida and Sibski. Together, they have portrayed the male protagonist as one of the most exciting roles in Polish film history. They filled him with entanglements, contradictions and incomparable charm (can be called the embodiment of the "Polish spirit"), and directly connected his destruction with elements other than war.
"Ashes and Diamonds" is all-encompassing and has an enduring charm. It expresses the individual: the protagonist of the film, Markek Khümitzki, is rich in dramatic contradictions and conflicts. He is one of Andrzej Vajda’s creations. Created a representative image of a character who raised many questions.
