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KATYN (POST MORTEM)
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Completed - POLISH - Drama, Historical - 120 minutes

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2007 (Debut)
  • Berlin EFM 2008 (Premiere)
  • Cannes 2008 (Premiere)
Full history

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)

Synopsis

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 keeps
a 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…

Awards
2008 – Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film
2008 – European Film Festival Award – Prix d’Excellence
2009 – Czech Lion Awards nomination

Production

Country(ies) : POLAND

ARGENTINA MIRADA DISTRIBU
BRAZIL MARES FILMES LT
DENMARK Jan 30, 2009 MIRACLE FILM DI
FRANCE Apr 01, 2009 KINOVISTA
GERMANY Sep 17, 2009 PANDASTORM PICT
ITALY Feb 13, 2009 MOVIMENTO FILM
JAPAN NEW SELECT CO.
LITHUANIA MEED FILMS
POLAND TELEWIZJA POLSK
SPAIN Oct 09, 2009 KARMA FILMS
UKRAINE B&H FILM DISTRI
UNITED KIN CURZON ARTIFICI
UNITED KIN Jun 19, 2009 CURZON FILM WOR

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