Essential Art House: Ashes and Diamonds

In the waning days of World War II, young Polish Resistance fighter Maciek (Zbigniew Cybulski)-charged with assassinating an incoming commissar-shoots the wrong man. Ordered to make good, his lessening appetite for the mission wanes further still as he finds himself falling in love with a local barmaid (Ewa Krzyzewska). Andrzej Wajda's haunting take on the Jerzy Andrzejewski novel also stars Adam Pawlikowski, Bogumil Kobiela. 103 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: Polish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; featurettes; newsreel footage. In Polish with English subtitles.