The story of Katyn is one that wouldn't die, despite the half-century efforts of the Soviet Union to bury the facts and suppress any questions or doubts about the official account. Andrzej Wajda has contributed mightily to the international profile of this lingering tragedy in the history of Poland -- in which much of an entire generation of the then-occupied nation's intellectuals and leaders were massacred -- with
Katyn. One of his most personal projects, it intersects with his own family history -- his own father was one of the victims -- but it goes much further than a personal story. Its screenplay, which Wajda co-authored, weaves its story across a broad...
Released:
2007
Rated:
n/a
Length:
121 mins