Slideshow
THE ASHES
Sunday, October 18
6:00
Poland, 1965
Directed by Andrzej Wajda
Starring Daniel Olbrychski, Bogusław Kierc, Piotr Wysocki
Approx. 234 min.
Wajda’s most expansive historical epic focuses on Poland’s participation in the Napoleonic wars, fighting against the Prussians and Austrians. Wajda focuses on a tortured young nobleman (Daniel Olbrychski, in the role that brought him international stardom) who reluctantly fights for Poland’s freedom while struggling with his own identity.
Presented with support from The Ashes and Diamonds Fund for Eastern European Film and The Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film
Reviews
“In the twists and turns of this complex story, spanning many years and countries, set in times of war and times of peace, amid endless wanderings, encounters, and partings, tempestuous loves, friendships and hates, there was fused a synthesis of what came to be called ‘Polishness.’”
– Michałek Bolesław, The Cinema of Andrzej Wajda