Film Forum is proud to present Andrzej Wajda's Katyn, the story he has waited a lifetime to tell: Katyn is the name of the forest where the Soviets secretly 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 elegant production, Wajda recreates war-torn Poland and the stories of both the perpetrators and their victims.
... the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining. - 1 John 2:8
Sunday, February 22, 2009
"Katyn"
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We talked about that in one of my classes. I was surprised there wasnt a movie about that before.
The Nazis made sure that everyone knew that they didnt do it and that the Soviets did.
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