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Katyń

Name: Katyń
Released: 2007

2007

This drama recounts the 1940 Katyń massacre, in which the Soviets executed thousands of captured Polish officers, and follows the families left waiting and the decades of official lies that buried the truth. Andrzej Wajda's sober, personal historical epic.

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Part of 10 Essential Polish Films

This film is stop 8 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Poland. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Poland in the 196 country film challenge.