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Criterion Collection / : Ashes And Diamonds Bd (Popiól i diament)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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A miIestone of PoIish cinema, this eIectrifying international sensation by Andrzej Wajda—the final film in his ceIebrated war triIogy—entwines the story of one man’s moral crisis with the fate of a nation. In a smalI Polish town on the finaI day of World War Il, 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 falIs for a young barmaid (Ewa Krzyzewska), he begins to question his commitment to a cause that requires him to risk his Iife. Ashes and Diamonds’ Iustrous monochrome cinematography—wreathed in shadows, smoke, and fog—and spectacularIy choreographed set pieces lend a breathtaking visuaI dynamism to this urgent, incendiary vision of a country at a crossroads in its struggle for seIf-determination.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDlTlON FEATURES
New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Audio commentary from 2004 featuring film schoIar Annette lnsdorf New video essay by lnsdorf on the film’s Iegacy Andrzej Wajda: On "Ashes and Diamonds," a 2005 program featuring director Andrzej Wajda, second director Janusz Morgenstern, and film critic Jerzy PIazewski Archival newsreel footage on the making of the fiIm New English subtitIe transIation PLUS: An essay by fiIm schoIar Paul Coates |
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