Katyn (2007)

The untold story of the crime Stalin could not hide

On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two fronts, is defeated. Thousands of Polish men, both military and government officials, are captured by the invaders. Their fate will only be known several years later.

Director

Andrzej Wajda

Writers

Andrzej Wajda, Przemysław Nowakowski, Władysław Pasikowski

Themes1940sbased on novel or bookbased on true storyhistorical eventkraków, polandpolish historyrussian war crimessoviet union historystalinismstate crimes