An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.
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★★★★★
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 t...
★★★★★
This excellent movie is a vivid portrayal about war. War has rarely been rendered in such an horrid, utterly grim manner, especially in its final part. Harrowing, unnerving epic which depicts the horror of war as a woman named Anna (Maja) roams the Russian det...
★★★★★
A well done picture speaking for those who cannot speak for themselves and would be gladly considered never existing by some.
Although it's difficult to credibly and adequately convey the horror of such a murder which became a life tragedy for many Polish fam...
★★★★★
FILE THIS ONE UNDER.... "TRUTH IS OFTEN STRANGER THEN FICTION"!
BUT BEFORE DIVING IN: Let us FOCUS on the Title's Content & Context!
KATYN makes it painfully clear that the truth was a very scarce commodity throughout decades of Soviet domination.
Consideri...
★★★★★
I watched "Katyn" on a home computer screen. Even in that limited format, "Katyn" had an impact on me comparable to such cinematic greats as "Lawrence of Arabia." I cried throughout most of the film. I resolved that many of my relationships would be different....
