The Ashes (film)
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The Ashes is a 1965 Polish
drama film
directed by Andrzej Wajda
. It was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival
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Cinema of Poland
The history of cinema in Poland is almost as long as history of cinematography, and it has universal achievements, even though Polish movies tend to be less commercially available than movies from several other European nations....
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda is a Polish film director. Recipient of an honorary Oscar, he is possibly the most prominent member of the unofficial "Polish Film School"...
. It was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival
1966 Cannes Film Festival
The 19th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 5-20, 1966. To honour the festival's 20th anniversary, a special prize was given.-Jury:*Sophia Loren *Marcel Achard *Vinicius de Moraes *Tetsuro Furukaki...
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Cast
- Daniel OlbrychskiDaniel OlbrychskiDaniel Olbrychski is a Polish actor best known for leading roles in several Andrzej Wajda movies and also known for playing the Russian defector and spymaster Vassily Orlov, alongside Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie in the movie Salt....
- Rafal Olbromski - Boguslaw Kierc - Krzysztof Cedro
- Piotr Wysocki - Jan Gintult
- Beata TyszkiewiczBeata TyszkiewiczBeata Maria Helena Tyszkiewiczówna-Kalenicka is a Polish actress.-Biography:Beata Tyszkiewicz is one of Poland’s quintessentially cinematic beauties, having worked exclusively on the big screen...
- Princess Elzbieta - Pola RaksaPola RaksaPola Raksa is a Polish movie star, singer, model was especially popular in Poland and abroad in the 1960s and 1970s.The daughter of Edward Raksa, Pola was born at Szeroka street in Lida on April 14, 1941...
- Helena de With - Wladyslaw HanczaWladyslaw HanczaWładysław Hańcza was a Polish actor and film director. During World War II he joined an underground theater. After the war he was a lecturer at the Theater Academy in Warsaw.-External links:...
- Rafal's Father - Jan Swiderski - General Sokolnicki
- Jan Koecher - General de With
- Zbigniew Sawan - Krzysztof's Father
- Józef Duriasz - Piotr Olbromski
- Zbigniew Józefowicz - Michcik
- Janusz ZakrzenskiJanusz ZakrzeńskiJanusz Zakrzeński was a Polish film and theatrical actor.Zakrzeński was born at Przededworze. He graduated from high school III LO in Wrocław, Poland, in 1953. He was an actor in the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre of Kraków , the Polski , the Nowy , and the Narodowy theatres of Warsaw...
- Napoleon Bonaparte - Józef Nalberczak - Soldier Wanderer
- Stanislaw ZaczykStanislaw ZaczykStanisław Zaczyk was a Polish theatre and film actor. He was awarded the Polonia Restituta in 1969.-Biography:...
- Józef Poniatowski - Zofia Saretok - Helena's Aunt