Ashes and Diamonds
A Generation () is a 1955 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It is based on the novel "Pokolenie" by Bohdan Czeszko, who also wrote the script. It was Wajda's first film and the opening installment of what became his Three War Films trilogy set in the Second World War, to be followed by "Kanal" and "Ashes and Diamonds".