Katyn

2007 · 122 min · PL · 6.7 (291 votes)

Dir. Andrzej Wajda · Starring Andrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Żmijewski, Danuta Stenka, Jan Englert, Magdalena Cielecka · Music Krzysztof Penderecki

“The untold story of the crime Stalin could not hide”

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On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two fronts, is defeated. Thousands of Polish men, both military and government officials, are captured by the invaders. Their fate will only be known several years later.

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A deeply affecting and somber historical drama that unflinchingly confronts a brutal historical truth. It feels like a solemn, necessary reckoning with a past shrouded in propaganda and denial, leaving a profound sense of tragedy.

somberharrowingtragicbleakunflinchingslow-burnhistorical dramaperiod piecegritty realismmassacrehistorical truthstate-sponsored terrorbetrayal

based on novel or bookworld war iikraków, polandbased on true storywar propagandahistorical eventstalinismstate security1940sstate crimessoviet union historypolish historyrussian war crimes