| Description |
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Audience |
Rated 14A. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen (16x9, 2.35:1), Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound. |
| Language |
Polish dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Andrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Zmijewski, Jan Englert, Danuta Stenka, Magdalena Cielecka, Agnieszka Glinska, Maja Komorowska, Sergey Garmash. |
| Credits |
Editors, Milena Fiedler, Rafał Listopad ; music, Krzyzstof Penderecki ; cinematography, Paweł Edelman. |
| Summary |
Dramatization of the massacre of 20,000 people (interned Polish officers as well as civilians accused of treason by the occupying Soviet forces) by the Soviet secret police at Katyń in the spring of 1940, and the cover-up that followed. Follows the fictional stories of four families, separated from one another in the confusion of September 1939, when the Soviets and Germans invaded Poland, through the Soviet occupation in 1945 when the truth of the massacre gets suppressed. |
| Note |
Special features: Interview with director Andrejz Wajda ; "Katyn: 60 days on the set: making-of featurette," Polish premiere: interviews and reactions ; photo gallery. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Subject |
Mularczyk, Andrzej, 1930- -- Television adaptations.
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Mularczyk, Andrzej, 1930- -- Film adaptations.
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Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (POLISH), VIDEODISCS.
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| Subject |
Polish language materials. |
| Genre |
Feature films.
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Polish language materials.
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| Added Author |
Wajda, Andrzej, 1926-2016
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Pasikowski, Władysław.
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Nowakowski, Przemysław.
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Kwieciński, Michał.
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Penderecki, Krzysztof, 1933-
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Chyra, Andrzej, 1964-
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Ostaszewska, Maja.
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Żmijewski, Artur, 1966-
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Englert, Jan.
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Stenka, Danuta.
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Mularczyk, Andrzej, 1930-
Post mortem.
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Akson Studio.
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Polskie Radio i Telewizja.
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Telekomunikacja Polska SA.
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Koch Lorber Films.
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| ISBN |
1417201940 |
| Standard No. |
741952317890 |
| Music No. |
KLF-DV-3178 Koch Lorber Films |
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