Katyn

Wajda, Andrzej, 1926-2016 (Added Author). Pasikowski, Władysław. (Added Author). Nowakowski, Przemysław, 1970- (Added Author). Kwieciński, Michał, 1951- (Added Author). Penderecki, Krzysztof, 1933-2020 (Added Author). Chyra, Andrzej, 1964- (Added Author). Ostaszewska, Maja, 1972- (Added Author). Zmijewski, Artur, 1966- (Added Author). Englert, Jan. (Added Author). Stenka, Danuta, 1961- (Added Author). Mularczyk, Andrzej, 1930- Post mortem. (Added Author). Akson Studio. (Added Author). Polskie Radio i Telewizja (Added Author). Telekomunikacja Polska SA. (Added Author). Koch Lorber Films (Added Author). E1 Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Andrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Zmijewski, Jan Englert, Danuta Stenka, Magdalena Cielecka, Agnieszka Glinska, Maja Komorowska, Sergey Garmash. (Cast).

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.

Item details

ISBN: 1417201940
ISBN: 9781417201945
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen ed.
Publisher: Port Washington, N.Y. : Koch Lorber Films : Distributed by E1 Entertainment, [2009]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Based on the novel "Post mortem" by Andrzej Mularczyk. Originally produced in 2007. Widescreen format (16x9, aspect ratio 2.35:1). Special features: Interview with director Andrejz Wajda ; "Katyn: 60 days on the set: making-of featurette," Polish premiere: interviews and reactions ; photo gallery.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Editors, Milena Fiedler, Rafał Listopad ; music, Krzyzstof Penderecki ; cinematography, Paweł Edelman.
Participant or Performer Note:	Andrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Zmijewski, Jan Englert, Danuta Stenka, Magdalena Cielecka, Agnieszka Glinska, Maja Komorowska, Sergey Garmash.
System Details Note:	DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.
Language Note:	Polish dialogue; English subtitles.