Katyn

+ pre-recorded intro by film critic Carmen Gray

Katyń

A deeply personal film for Andrzej Wajda, presenting an account of the 1940 Katyn massacre and its aftermath.

  • Director

    Andrzej Wajda

  • With

    Andrzej Chyra, Artur Żmijewski, Maja Ostaszewska, Maja Komorowska

  • Poland 2007. 122min

  • Digital 4K

  • Certificate

    15

  • English subtitles

Wajda focuses on personal stories and a wider human tragedy in this Oscar-nominated film, set against one of the most painful and politically sensitive topics in Polish history: the 1940 massacre of thousands of Polish soldiers and intellectuals in the Katyn forest. A personal project for Wajda, whose father was murdered in the massacre, Katyn poignantly frames historical events through the stories of women looking for the truth about their missing relatives.

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