"Inspired by the death of Polish actor Zbigniew Cybulski, [the film] focuses on the behind-the-scenes lives of a director and his actors when they are disrupted by the mysterious murder of their leading man ... Film fiction mixes with reality as some of the actors play themselves" -- Container.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968. Special features (in Polish with English subtitles, 35 min. total): interviews with Wajda (9 min.), Łapicki (7 min.), Olbrychski (3 min.), Sobociński (2 min.), production manager Barbara Pec-Ślesicka (6 min.), film critic & historian Jerzy Płaźewski (4 min.) & actor Andrzej Kostenko (4 min.). Special features (in English): photo gallery of Polish postage stamps featuring Wajda; letter by Steven Spielberg to Robert Rehme in support of a special honorary Academy Award for Wajda; musical fanfare from Wajda's appearance at the 2000 Academy Awards; photo gallery depicting Wajda's appearance at the 2000 Academy Awards.