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The Despair of the Noir Generation: Wajda’s Ashes and Diamonds
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Alan Woolfolk provides a political study of Andrzej Wajda’s Popiól i diament (Ashes and Diamonds, 1958). He uses the theme of compromised agency to address the inescapable legacy of Polish struggles against the Third Reich that were followed by violent conflict between Polish nationalists and Communists. The chapter explores how character and nation are inexorably bonded in this dark drama.
Title: The Despair of the Noir Generation: Wajda’s Ashes and Diamonds
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Alan Woolfolk provides a political study of Andrzej Wajda’s Popiól i diament (Ashes and Diamonds, 1958).
He uses the theme of compromised agency to address the inescapable legacy of Polish struggles against the Third Reich that were followed by violent conflict between Polish nationalists and Communists.
The chapter explores how character and nation are inexorably bonded in this dark drama.
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