One of Martin Scorsese’s most beloved films, Andrzej Wajda’s piercing drama stars iconic Polish actor Zbigniew Cybulski as a tragic hero in Poland in the aftermath of The Second World War.

Maciek, a Polish resistance fighter, is tasked with the assassination of a communist official. When he meets Krystyna, he is offered a glimpse of a world beyond war and destruction and begins to question his assignment. Wajda’s classic drama, which cemented his position as a world-class filmmaker, features an iconic central performance by Cybulski – the ‘Polish James Dean’ – who contributes immeasurably to this probing look at the complex post-war future for a new nation and its people. It’s essential viewing.

Playing alongside the other two films in Wajda’s war trilogy consisting of: A Generation, Kanał, and Ashes and Diamonds.