The end of war does not produce freedom, but simply transforms one unstable political situation into another. The final film in Wajda’s trilogy, Ashes and Diamondsit will move on to the post-war years and the continuing difficulties of Polish resistance in the midst of incredible darkness. 1940in Poland. In [1945iPoland yathathwa amakhomanisi, enza izinhlobo ezintsha zokucindezelwa, okwashiya indawo yamathemba okuzibusa. Le filimu ilandela owayeyisosha Lebutho Lasekhaya, u-Maciek Chełmicki (Zbigniew Cybulski) ojoyina umshoshaphansi omelene namakhomanisi futhi uyalelwa ukuthi abulale unobhala wendawo we-Polish Workers’ Party. Isenzo senzeka ngosuku olulodwa, i-Victory in Europe Day. Lokhu kufanele kusho isinqumo, nokho ku-Wajda, naku-Chełmicki (ukubulawa kwakhe kokuqala kube ukwehluleka okubi okuhlanganisa ukufa kwezakhamuzi ezimbalwa ezingenacala), kuveza ukungaqiniseki. Ifilimu ayigcini nje ngokubeka ukungazinzi kwakhe ngesenzo sakhe, kodwa ukuwa okubanzi kokumelana namaKhomanisi asePoland.
Indima kaChełmicki iyinkimbinkimbi ngemva kokuthandana nomsizi wokuphuza utshwala, okuholela esimweni esidabukisayo esontweni elibhidlikile, ngemuva komfanekiso kaKristu obheke phansi, lapho emchazela khona ukuthi ufisa ukuphila okujwayelekile, lapho bezokwazi khona ukuba ndawonye. Izithombe ezivamile ze-Christian Poland – zinyusiwe, futhi zaphulwa umsebenzi – azibonisi nje ngokusobala ukuwa kwe-Chełmicki yemishini yezwe elikhululekile, kodwa isiyaluyalu sesimilo ngemva kwempi, lapho amathemba ama-Poles ayengakwazi ukubonakaliswa endaweni yomonakalo. Ukuvezwa kokumelana efilimini, esikhundleni salokho, kunomkhawulo, kudabukisa inhliziyo, futhi kuqhathaniswa nesifiso sokuthula.
U-Wajda wayezobuyela ezithombeni zesikhathi sempi nokungaqiniseki kwangemva kwempi kwe-War Trilogy yakhe. Enye yamafilimu akhe akamuva, Katyń (2007), bekuzomaka ukuvezwa kokuqala kwe-cinematic kwe 1940 isibhicongo samashumi ezinkulungwane zamaPoles yiSoviet Union – isihluku esibi esingabeka ithunzi phezu kwenkumbulo yomlando wasePoland. Bekuyifilimu edabukisayo ka-Wadja, uyise wakhe wayephakathi kwabantu basePoland ababulawa.Wajda ugxile emndenini owodwa: u-Andrzej (Artur Żmijewski), ukaputeni osemusha wasePoland, umkakhe u-Anna (Maja Ostraszewska) nendodakazi, u-Weronika (Wiktoria Gasiewiska). Ifilimu ivula ebhulohweni, lapho izixuku ezivela kuzo zombili izinhlangothi ziphikisana ngokuthi iyiphi indlela ephephe kakhudlwana, zibheke ngqo emthelela wesiphithiphithi wokuhlala kwamaJalimane namaSoviet. U-Andrzej uthathwa njengesiboshwa, futhi ukwenqaba kwakhe ukuthatha iseluleko somkakhe nokuzenza umuntu ovamile kudala izimo ifilimu eqhubeka ihlola: ukuhlupheka okutholwa amaphoyisa, kanye nokuphelelwa yithemba komndeni emuva ekhaya, okushiywe ebumnyameni mayelana nesiphetho sika-Andrej. Kwaba kuphela ngokuwa kobukhomanisi lapho lawo maPole ayenamalungu omndeni ayeboshwe amaSoviet ekugcineni aqaphela ukuthi abathandekayo babo bafa eKatyń.
U-Wajda akakaze abaleke ekuboniseni unya lwempi kanye nemiphumela yako yokungaqiniseki esizweni ubukhosi baso bahlupheka ngokumelene namaNazi namaSoviet amabi kakhulu ngokufanayo. Kukhulunywa ngomoya oqinile wobuntu futhi kwahlanganiswa nekhanvasi ebanzi yenhlekelele yesikhathi sempi, lokhu kulandisa ngakunye kwesiyaluyalu kuyizenzo zenkumbulo ezigcina inkumbulo yomlando eyinkimbinkimbi iphila. Njengoba manje sibhekene nezinsongo ezisebenzayo zokubukezwa kabusha komlando kanye nokuvela kabusha kobuzwe, ukuzwakala kwemizwa kwalawa mafilimu kuyaqhubeka nokubamba futhi kuzwakala kubalulekile ngokushesha namuhla.
