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)
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- 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
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The history behind world history
Andrzej Wajda is a brave man. He made "The Man of Marble" and " The Man of Iron" a couple of years before the free trade unions started in Poland. Already in these pictures he attacked the communist system.
This is another variable of that theme. Here it is the Katyn massacre, there Polish officers were executed by the Soviets, who blamed all on the Nazis. And the Polish regime agreed upon it.
Wajda's method, in which he is better than almost anyone else, is showing the endless individual suffering behind the so called world history. Which makes this history more than statistics and analysis.
This is no exception.
This is another variable of that theme. Here it is the Katyn massacre, there Polish officers were executed by the Soviets, who blamed all on the Nazis. And the Polish regime agreed upon it.
Wajda's method, in which he is better than almost anyone else, is showing the endless individual suffering behind the so called world history. Which makes this history more than statistics and analysis.
This is no exception.
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- Also known as
- Катинь
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- 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
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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