Drama · History
Katyn
The untold story of the crime Stalin could not hide
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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Top Cast
Andrzej Chyra
Jerzy
Maja Ostaszewska
Anna
Artur Żmijewski
Andrzej
Danuta Stenka
General's Wife
Jan Englert
General
Magdalena Cielecka
Agnieszka
Agnieszka Glińska
School Director
Paweł Małaszyński
Pilot Lieutenant
Directed by
Andrzej Wajda
Production
Akson Studio
Telewizja PolskaReviews
CinemaSerf
7/105/17/2026
I'm not sure I've ever seen a war film wherein the Nazis and the Soviets actually tried to hold the other accountable for some of the atrocities in Poland, so this film serves as quite an eye-opener. It's September 1939 and the ordinary Polish citizenry didn't know where to turn. Their cities are being bombed to smithereens and what's left of their armed forces is being easily overwhelmed by their invaders. Initially, it is only the officers who are being detained, with the private soldiers and the families being left largely to their own devices. Gradually, though, it becomes clear that this is but an holding operation whilst the prison trains were readied to convey these men to prison camps in the East. "Anna" (Maja Ostaszewska) finds herself in such a predicament when she, and their dau
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