Completed - POLISH - Drama, Historical - 120 minutes
Year of production : 2007 Director(s) : Andrzej WAJDA Writer(s) : Andrzej MULARCZYK, Andrzej WAJDA, Wladyslaw PASIKOWSKI, Przemyslaw NOWAKOWSKI Cast : Maja OSTASZEWSKA, Artur ZMIJEWSKI, Danuta STENKA, Krzysztof KOLBERGER, Maja KOMOROWSKA, Andrzej CHYRA, Magdalenad CIELECKA Producer(s) : Michal KWIECINSKI (Akson ), Dariusz WIEROMIEJCZYK (TVP SA)
A story of Polish officers murdered by the NKVD in Katyń during WW II. A picture of women unaware of the crime, who were waiting for their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers. An uncompromising reckoning with the lie, which aim was to forget Polish heroes. A film about an invincible struggle for the memory and truth, thanks to which Poles live in a free country today. The beginning of WW II. After the Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland, following Joseph Stalin’s order, on September 17, 1939, also units of the Red Army trespassed on the Polish soil. Consequently, all Polish Officers found themselves in Soviet slavery.One of the main plots tells the story of Andrzej – a young Polish captain in an Uhlan regiment who keepsa detailed diary. In September 1939, he is taken prisoner by the Soviet Army, which separates the officers from the enlisted men, who are allowed to return home, while the officers are held. His wife Anna and daughter Weronika, nicknamed “Nika”, find him shortly before he is deported to the USSR. Presented with an opportunity to escape, he refuses on the basis of his oath of loyalty to the Polish military…Awards2008 – Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film2008 – European Film Festival Award – Prix d’Excellence2009 – Czech Lion Awards nomination
Country(ies) : POLAND
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