Andrzej.Wajda.3.War.Films.BoxSet.D3.Ashes.And.Diamonds.1958.DVDR.DVD9.CRiTERiON.nfo
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
AKAs:
Popiol i diament (Poland)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052080/
Andrzej Wajda: Three War Films
http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/528
Director: Andrzej Wajda
http://www.criterion.com/films/342
Film Description: On the last day of World War II in a small town somewhere in Poland, Polish exiles of war and the occupying Soviet forces confront the beginning of a new day and a new Poland. In this incendiary environment we find Home Army soldier Maciek Chelmicki, who has been ordered to assassinate an incoming commissar. But a mistake stalls his progress and leads him to Krystyna, a beautiful barmaid who gives him a glimpse of what his life could be. Gorgeously photographed and brilliantly performed, Ashes and Diamonds masterfully interweaves the fate of a nation with that of one man, resulting in one of the most important Polish films of all time.
Format: NTSC
DVD9: 7.57 GB - Exact Untouched Copy
Color: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Sound: Polish
Subtitles: English
Time: 103 minutes
Disc Features:
# New, restored high-definition digital transfer.
# Audio commentary by film scholar Annette Insdorf.
# Andrzej Wajda: On Ashes and Diamonds, a 35-minute exclusive new interview with the director, second director Janusz Morgenstern, and film critic Jerzy Plazewski.
# Vintage newsreel footage on the making of Ashes and Diamonds.
# Rare behind-the-scenes production photos, publicity stills, and posters.
# New and improved English subtitle translation.
Part of 3-Disc Collector's set 'Andrzej Wajda: Three War Films':
A Generation
Andrzej Wajda, 1955
Kanal
Andrzej Wajda, 1957
'Watch them closely, for these are the last hours of their lives,' announces a narrator, foretelling the tragedy that unfolds as a war-ravaged company of Home Army resistance fighters tries to escape the Nazis through the sewers of Warsaw. Kanal was the first film about the Warsaw Uprising.
Ashes and Diamonds
Andrzej Wajda, 1958
On the last day of World War II, Polish exiles of war and the occupying Soviet forces confront the beginning of a new day and a new Poland. In this incendiary environment, we find Home Army soldier Maciek Chelmicki, who has been ordered to assassinate an incoming commissar.
DVD Studio: Criterion
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