Features

New, restored high definition digital transfers; Audio commentary by film scholar Annette Insdorf on Ashes and Diamonds; More than 90 minutes of exclusive new interviews with Andrzej Wajda and colleagues, discussing the director's career and the making of these films; Vintage newsreel on the making of Ashes and Diamonds; Ceramics from Ilza (Ceramika Ilzecka), Wajda's 1951 film school short; Jan Nowak-Jezioranski: Courier from Warsaw, an interview by Wajda of a Warsaw uprising insider; Rare behind the scenes production photos, publicity stills and posters; A gallery of Wajda's original drawings and paintings; New and improved English subtitle translations

Scene Index

Side #1 -- A Generation
1. "There'll Be Trouble" [8:59]
2. "It'll Be All Right...in My Grave" [2:26]
3. "Back to Work!" [5:39]
4. Glue and a Gun [3:09]
5. Marxist Math and Catholic Blanks [6:17]
6. "Death to the Occupiers!" [7:10]
7. The People's Guard [5:05]
8. Poles in Their Place [6:39]
9. Revenge [5:37]
10. Changes [2:38]
11. "What Can I Do?" [5:07]
12. The Mission [5:09]
13. Missing Piece [7:43]
14. The Mourning After [7:00]
15. Color Bars [8:23]
Side #2 -- Kanal
1. The Beginning of the End [8:48]
2. Tones From Home [6:50]
3. Lovers in Arms [7:55]
4. Korab and Goliath [6:07]
5. "Don't Go Soft" [9:48]
6. From Darkness Into Night [7:01]
7. "Where Are You Going?" [2:32]
8. "Let's Go" [5:05]
9. Searching for a Sign [7:24]
10. The Writing on the Wall [8:38]
11. Detours and Dead Ends [7:13]
12. Into the Light [3:58]
13. Out!? [6:51]
14. Color Bars [8:24]
1. The Warsaw Uprising [2:07]
2. Not Making a Film [2:32]
3. Obstacles and Allies [2:14]
4. 1956 [2:11]
5. Collaboration [3:00]
6. Behind the Scenes [2:42]
7. Sights Unseen [2:05]
8. Location Summaries [2:08]
9. An Artistic Decision [1:41]
10. Homage to Lost Causes [2:10]
11. Cannes [4:32]
1. Wajda Questions the Uprising [3:46]
2. Perceptions and Assumptions [2:30]
3. No Decision [3:17]
4. "Too Late" [3:22]
5. "Warsaw Will Collapse" [2:47]
6. No Dissent [1:43]
7. Soviet Schemes [5:21]
8. Mistakes and Consequences [5:10]
Side #3 -- Ashes and Diamonds
1. "The Fight...Has Only Just Begun" [8:50]
2. Entertaining Distractions [7:01]
3. An Unfinished Job [6:12]
4. Mourning and Contemplation [3:50]
5. Political Reasons [3:28]
6. Ex-pats and In-laws [4:11]
7. Commitments and Vigils [10:26]
8. A Vow [2:31]
9. Debts, Doubts, and Drinks [4:57]
10. "Tell Me Something About Yourself" [3:28]
11. Futures [6:06]
12. Facing Memories [4:19]
13. A Diamond [6:26]
14. "I Didn't Know What Love Was" [3:08]
15. "What's There to Understand?" [4:10]
16. "I Want to Live" [5:50]
17. Fire for Father [5:48]
18. The Last Dance [5:39]
19. Running Away [6:20]
20. Color Bars [:00]
1. Adaptations [5:11]
2. A Spanish Past [1:58]
3. Casting the Lead [4:45]
4. Cybulski [3:35]
5. Ewa [2:22]
6. Visuals [2:46]
7. Influences [3:01]
8. Cinema and Censorship [6:13]
9. International Acclaim [3:49]
10. Myths [2:41]