An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 14 wins & 14 nominations total
Joachim Paul Assböck
- Obersturmbannführer Bruno Müller
- (as Joachim Assböck)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe director's father was killed in this massacre. Andrzej Wajda was only 13 years old then. His father's remains were never found.
- GoofsTur says to Ewa, "Haven't you seen that Disney's "The Sleeping Beauty", remember?" That movie was first released fourteen years after 1945, so this may be a mistranslation in the subtitles for "Snow White".
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008)
- SoundtracksPolish Requiem For 4 Solo Voices, Choir And Orchestra
Written by Krzysztof Penderecki
Performed by Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra
Featured review
"...AND YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YE FREE!"
FILE THIS ONE UNDER.... "TRUTH IS OFTEN STRANGER THEN FICTION"!
BUT BEFORE DIVING IN: Let us FOCUS on the Title's Content & Context!
KATYN makes it painfully clear that the truth was a very scarce commodity throughout decades of Soviet domination.
Considering Katyn was released nearly 20 years after the end of the Communist/Soviet era in Poland. It seems, to me at least, somewhat baffling that it took Polish film-makers so long to share these tragic and poignant true events with the world. In historical retrospect, Nazi atrocities perpetrated against Poland and its people have been well circulated and repeated tirelessly over past decades.
On the other hand, there has been a virtual dearth of information regarding Soviet atrocities. "WWII was triggered by the German blitzkrieg invasion of Poland in September, 1939." is what we Americans have been told ad nauseam for decades. What is rarely ever mentioned is the simultaneous eastern invasion of Poland by Soviet forces! While Nazi aberrations such as Auschwitz and the Warsaw ghetto have been chronicled in numerous well-known films, this marks the first time, in my recollection at least, that Soviet war crimes have been dealt with openly and clearly in a movie.
KATYN relates this true war time story through the interwoven lives of a dozen or so family members and friends. Within minutes of viewing, I was totally gripped by the story, and even though the eventual outcome is a historical fact we are all keenly aware of, the story unfolded in such a way as to never lose my interest.
ENJOY! / DISFRUTELA!
BUT BEFORE DIVING IN: Let us FOCUS on the Title's Content & Context!
KATYN makes it painfully clear that the truth was a very scarce commodity throughout decades of Soviet domination.
Considering Katyn was released nearly 20 years after the end of the Communist/Soviet era in Poland. It seems, to me at least, somewhat baffling that it took Polish film-makers so long to share these tragic and poignant true events with the world. In historical retrospect, Nazi atrocities perpetrated against Poland and its people have been well circulated and repeated tirelessly over past decades.
On the other hand, there has been a virtual dearth of information regarding Soviet atrocities. "WWII was triggered by the German blitzkrieg invasion of Poland in September, 1939." is what we Americans have been told ad nauseam for decades. What is rarely ever mentioned is the simultaneous eastern invasion of Poland by Soviet forces! While Nazi aberrations such as Auschwitz and the Warsaw ghetto have been chronicled in numerous well-known films, this marks the first time, in my recollection at least, that Soviet war crimes have been dealt with openly and clearly in a movie.
KATYN relates this true war time story through the interwoven lives of a dozen or so family members and friends. Within minutes of viewing, I was totally gripped by the story, and even though the eventual outcome is a historical fact we are all keenly aware of, the story unfolded in such a way as to never lose my interest.
ENJOY! / DISFRUTELA!
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Катинь
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- €4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $118,095
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,053
- Feb 22, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $14,768,451
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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