General Information

Original Title

Katyń

Author/Creator

Wajda, Andrzej, director.

Language

Polish, Russian.

Subtitles

English

Published

Poland : Akson Studio, 2007.

Physical Description

DVD-ROM (117 min.)

Contents/Summary

Summary

"Katyń" is the name of the forest where the Soviet NKVD forces murdered 15,000 Polish officers, intellectuals and professionals over a 3-day period in 1940 (during which a 14-year-old Wajda lost his own father). Stalin's purpose was to destroy those elements of the population who would be most resistant to Soviet control following WWII. For decades the truth was obfuscated, with the Nazis often blamed for the atrocity. Half a century later, in 1990, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev admitted his nation's responsibility. In this film Andrzej Wajda recreates war torn Poland and the stories of both the perpetrators and their victims.

Subjects

Genre

Fiction films

Bibliographic Information

Title Translation

Katyn

Note

Duration: 01:57:00

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
DVD-ROM	OSA Film Library	OSA Film Library	FL Record 2013	-	-	-