ASHES AND DIAMONDS / EVERYTHING FOR SALE

$12.00 (member) ; $17.00 (general admission)

Ticket prices include a $2.00 online booking fee.

Aero Theatre | Introduction by Vice-Rector of the Warsaw Film School, Artur Zaborski

Co-presented by Wajda Film Centre

‘Andrzej Wajda: Man of Poland’

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ABOUT THE FILMS:

ASHES AND DIAMONDS, 1958, Dir. Andrzej Wajda, 103 Mins, Janus Films, Poland

The final moments of World War II. A young Home Army soldier, Maciek Chełmicki, is given one last order—to assassinate a communist official who has arrived in a provincial town to assume power. As time passes, Maciek begins to question the purpose of the ongoing struggle. He falls in love with a bartender at the local hotel and witnesses the former pre-war elite celebrating the end of an era. In a world transitioning from war to peace, Maciek yearns to live and love—but he must keep fighting, remember the fallen, and sacrifice his own life.

FORMAT: 35mm

EVERYTHING FOR SALE, 1969, Dir. Andrzej Wajda, 105 Mins, Poland

An auto-thematic story about the loss of a friend and a great actor. In this deeply personal film—his first with a screenplay written entirely by himself—Andrzej Wajda reflects on the phenomenon of Zbigniew Cybulski, offers a portrait of the Polish film industry, and, for the first and only time in such a direct way, speaks about himself. Wajda’s alter ego is played by Andrzej Łapicki, while the other actors infuse their roles with their own experiences and personalities. As a result, EVERYTHING FOR SALE becomes an intimate response to words Cybulski is said to have spoken shortly before his death: “Tell him he’ll miss me yet.”

FORMAT: DCP