Ashes and Diamonds
Polish film critics generally were delighted with the film adaptation of Andrzejewski's novel. Stanisław Grzelecki assessed "Ashes and Diamonds" as "a new, outstanding work of Polish film art." According to Krzysztof Teodor Toeplitz, ""Ashes and Diamonds" is not a brilliant film, but it is certainly a great film". Jerzy Płażewski enthusiastically commented on Wajda's work: "[...] we have a new, excellent Polish film. It's called "Ashes and Diamonds"." Several other Polish film and literary critics–Stanisław Grochowiak, Stanisław Lem, Andrzej Wróblewski–also considered "Ashes and Diamonds "an exceptional work.