The Ashes (film)

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The Ashes
Directed byAndrzej Wajda
Written byAleksander Ścibor-Rylski
Stefan Żeromski
StarringDaniel Olbrychski
CinematographyJerzy Lipman
Edited byHalina Nawrocka
Release date
  • 25 September 1965 (1965-09-25)
Running time
234 minutes
CountryPoland
LanguagePolish
Box office6 million tickets[1]

The Ashes (Polish: Popioły) is a 1965 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda, referencing the classic Stefan Żeromski epic novel of Polish Literature of the same name. It was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival.[2] It sold about 6 million tickets in Poland, becoming one of the highest-grossing Polish films of all time.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b Ford, Charles; Hammond, Robert (2015). Polish Film: A Twentieth Century History. McFarland & Company. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-4766-0803-7.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Ashes". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 8 March 2009.

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