Katyn

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Directed by

Andrzej Wajda

Starring (View all)

Andrzej Chyra
Lt. Jerzy

Maja Ostaszewska
Anna, Andrzej's wife

Artur Zmijewski
Cavalry Capt. Andrzej

Danuta Stenka
Róza Smorawinska, general's wife

Jan Englert
General Mieczyslaw Smorawinski

Magdalena Cielecka
Agnieszka Baszkowska, Lt. Pilot's sister

Agnieszka Glinska
Irena Baszkowska

Pawel Malaszynski
Lt. Pilot Piotr Baszkowski

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Andrzej Mularczyk
story

Wladyslaw Pasikowski
screenplay

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Tells of the Polish officers who were murdered near Katyn by the Soviet secret service NKWD in the spring of 1940. It is also the story of their relatives, many of whom waited for years for the return of their husbands, fathers, sons or brothers. After the invasion of the German Armed Forces on September 1, 1939, and the occupation of east Poland a few weeks later by the Red Army as a result of the Hitler-Stalin pact, all officers of the Polish Army--including reservists, police officers and intellectuals--were taken into Soviet custody.

Release date: 21 September 2007

Tags: WWII (5), War (4), Polish (4), Drama (3), Red Army (3), Cover Up (3), Nonlinear Timeline (3), Flashback (3), Death Of Husband (2), Shot In The Head (2), Slaughter (2), Nazi Uniform (2), Tragic Ending (2), Prisoner Of War (2), Death Of Brother (2), Female Perspective (2), Nazi Officer (2), Dead Body (2)

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"In 1940, at the beginning of World War II, Soviet soldiers conduct a mass execution of captured Polish officers. With Hitler's forces rapidly advancing into Eastern Europe, a surviving Polish officer, Lt. Jerzy, at great risk to his own life, chooses to stay behind with his wife, Anna. As the Germans round up Lt. Jerzy and other officers, propaganda efforts cover up the truth about the Soviet soldiers' shocking brutality. A well done and shocking movie speaking for those who cannot speak for th"