The Ashes 1965
Synopsis
Traveling across Italy duke Jan Gintułt in the summer of 1798 encounters Polish soldiers enfeebled by war, singing their national anthem – Mazurek Dąbrowskiego. Soon the aristocrat returns to his homeland. Here, by chance he meets a young nobleman, Rafał Olbromski, who becomes his secretary. Intelligent, but somewhat naive and hypersensitive Rafał accompanies Duke Gintułt on his journeys, involving in love affairs – first with the duke\'s sister, and then with Helena de With. In Warsaw he gets introduced in Freemasonry circles centered around Prince Poniatowski, he joins the Napoleon\'s army and takes part in the subsequent bloody battles...
"The Ashes" is a narrative film adaptation of one of the greatest prose works of Stefan Żeromski.
Awards
1965 – "Golden Duck" (granted by the "Film" monthly magazine) in the category of the Best Polish Film of 1966
About
Year of production:
1965
Genre:
historical drama
Premiere:
25-09-1965
Technical specs:
Black and white, 6400 m. 226 min. (part I – 103 min, part II – 123 min.)
Production:
Rytm Film Production
Filmmakers
Directed by:
Andrzej Wajda
Written by:
Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski
Cinematography by:
Jerzy Lipman
Edited by:
Halina Nawrocka
Music by:
Andrzej Markowski
Sound by:
Jan Czerwiński, Jerzy Neugebauer
Set Decoration by:
Anatol Radzinowicz
Costume Designer:
Ewa Starowieyska, Jerzy Szeski
Production Manager:
Włodzimierz Śliwiński, Konstanty Lewkowicz
Cast
Daniel Olbrychski (Rafał Olbromski),
Bogusław Kierc (Krzysztof Cedro),
Piotr Wysocki (duke Jan Gintułt, Olbromski\'s patron),
Beata Tyszkiewicz (Elżbieta Gintułt, (princess Orłowska) , Jan\'s sister),
Pola Raksa (Helena de With , Olbromski\'s love),
Władysław Hańcza (Rafał\'s father),
Jan Świderski (colonel Sokolnicki),
Jan Koecher (general de With, Master of the Masonic Lodge, Helena\'s husband),
Zbigniew Sawan (Krzysztof\'s father),
Józef Duriasz (Piotr Olbromski, Rafał\'s brother),
Zbigniew Józefowicz (Michcik, Piotr Olbromski\'s servant),
Janusz Zakrzeński (Napoleon Bonaparte),
Józef Nalberczak (soldier wanderer),
Stanisław Zaczyk (Józef Poniatowski),
Zofia Saretok (Helena\'s aunt),
Jan Nowicki (captain Wyganowski),
Edmund Fetting (Austrian clerk at the Olbromskis\' estate),
Jadwiga Andrzejewska (Rafał\'s mother),
Barbara Wrzesińska (Zofka, Rafał\'s sister),
Tadeusz Ordeyg-Małuszyński (Jawor, the Olbromskis\' servant),
Jerzy Przybylski (Nikodem Chłuka, the new leaseholder of Wygnanka),
Adam Mularczyk (old Jew at Wygnanka),
Stanisław Mikulski (soldier, captain Wyganowski\'s subordinate),
Bronisław Mierzejewski (Kalwicki, the Orłowskis\' servant),
Ryszard Pietruski (ferryman),
Janusz Sykutera (lieutenant Schlussen, guest at the Orłowskis\' ball),
Adam Królikiewicz (cavalryman),
Tomasz Zaliwski (prince Poniatowski\'s comrade),
Andrzej Kozak (prince Poniatowski\'s comrade),
Mirosław Obłoński (Szpilka),
Andrzej Jędrzejewski (Mason),
Krzysztof Litwin (painter, prince Poniatowski\'s comrade),
Arkadiusz Bazak (prince Poniatowski\'s comrade),
J Pracz,
Z Halka,
Damian Damięcki (officer),
Ryszard Barycz (colonel Godebski),
Ryszard Filipski,
Bogusław Sochnacki (soldier, captain Wyganowski\'s subordinate),
Józef Morgała (soldier),
Janusz Komorowski,
Roman Sykała (soldier),
Irena Malkiewicz,
Zygmunt Kamiński (Arlekin),
Stanisław Marian Kamiński (nobleman),
Jerzy Kaczmarek (nobleman),
M Szewczyk,
Antoni Lewek (nobleman),
Wanda Jakubińska,
Adam Daniewicz,
Alicja Boniuszko (ballet dancer)