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Katyn (2007)

122 min  -  Drama | History | War   -  21 September 2007 (Poland)
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An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.

Director:

Andrzej Wajda
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Andrzej Chyra ...
Lt. Jerzy
Maja Ostaszewska Maja Ostaszewska ...
Anna
Artur Zmijewski Artur Zmijewski ...
Andrzej
Danuta Stenka Danuta Stenka ...
Róza
Jan Englert Jan Englert ...
General
Magdalena Cielecka Magdalena Cielecka ...
Agnieszka
Agnieszka Glinska Agnieszka Glinska ...
Irena
Pawel Malaszynski Pawel Malaszynski ...
Lt. Piotr
Maja Komorowska Maja Komorowska ...
Andrzej's Mother
Wladyslaw Kowalski Wladyslaw Kowalski ...
Professor Jan
Antoni Pawlicki Antoni Pawlicki ...
Tadeusz
Agnieszka Kawiorska Agnieszka Kawiorska ...
Ewa
Sergey Garmash ...
Maj. Popov
Joachim Paul Assböck ...
Obersturmbannführer Brunon Müller (as Joachim Assböck)
Waldemar Barwinski Waldemar Barwinski ...
Polish Officer
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Storyline

On 17 September 1939, a group of Polish officers and soldiers are imprisoned by the Soviet Army on the border of Poland. Anna and her daughter Nika travel from Krakow to meet her husband and officer Andrzej and they try to convince him to leave the soldiers and escape back home. However, Andrzej refuses to leave the troop and is deported to USSR. Later the Soviet tells that the Polish officers had been massacred by the Germans in the Katyn Forest with a shot on the back of the neck. However Anna retrieves Andrzej's diary and discloses that the soldiers had been actually murdered by the Soviet Army. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  

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Plot Keywords:

Officer | Katyn | Forest | Katyn Forest | Slaughter  | See more »

Genres:

Drama | History | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Kinovista [France] | Official site | See more »

Country:

Poland

Language:

Polish | Russian | German

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Катынь See more »

Box Office

Budget:

PLN 15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$11,053 (USA) (22 February 2009) (1 Screen)

Gross:

$114,763 (USA) (17 May 2009)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | Germany: (Berlin International Film Festival)  | Argentina: (Mar del Plata Film Festival)  | USA:

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Poland's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008). See more »

Goofs

Continuity: (1h 24min in): When Tadeusz tears down the poster, we can see that he rips most of it from the wall. In the next scene when soldiers come, there is a close-up of a soldier holding the pieces of the poster that are much larger than those left by Tadeusz. See more »

Connections

References Moscow Laughs (1934) See more »

Soundtracks

"Polish Requiem For 4 Solo Voices, Choir And Orchestra"
Written by Krzysztof Penderecki
Performed by Orkiestra Filharmonii Narodowej See more »