Fresh
[Director] Wajda has brought some small measure of rest to their names, to Poland, and to history.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Katyn
The untold story of the crime Stalin could not hide
2007 · 2h 2m · Not Rated
Drama, History, War
Directed by
Andrzej Wajda
Overview
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 and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Katyn is remarkably concise and (if one may say this about a cinematic commemoration of mass murder) elegant.
James Adams, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Wajda's intensity and passion, as well as his intelligence and craft, are unmistakable from the very first sequence. Virtually from the first shot.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
The principal success of Wajda's stately, widescreen and exquisitely shot film lies in its sober attempt to mirror the fragmented truth of a genocide.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh
Has sweep and conviction and, most rewardingly, a long-overdue revelation of historical truth.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
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