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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An estimated minimum of 3 million Poles were killed by the Stalinist regime; but as Stalin observed "When one person dies it's a tragedy; when a million people die it's a statistic".
The scope of these activities would be considered genocide, if that term was used to describe political and social, as well as racial and religious populations.
So - less "statistically"- mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, kids, and friends were murdered for the political ends of those who now wish to remain faceless and unknown. It is critical, if we are to emerge as a humane people, that the unknown and faceless multitudes of both victims and their oppressors and killers, be reveled. This movie perhaps, is the first step in that direction.
The scope of these activities would be considered genocide, if that term was used to describe political and social, as well as racial and religious populations.
So - less "statistically"- mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, kids, and friends were murdered for the political ends of those who now wish to remain faceless and unknown. It is critical, if we are to emerge as a humane people, that the unknown and faceless multitudes of both victims and their oppressors and killers, be reveled. This movie perhaps, is the first step in that direction.
- uherce1982
- Nov 17, 2007
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- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Катинь
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- 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
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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