Katyn
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
Port Washington, N.Y. : Koch Lorber Films :, [2009].
Format
DVD
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min. + 80 min. of extras) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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Published
Port Washington, N.Y. : Koch Lorber Films :, [2009].
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
pol
UPC
741952317890
Notes
General Note
Based on the novel "Post mortem" by Andrzej Mularczyk.
General Note
Originally released in 2007.
General Note
Widescreen format (16x9, aspect ratio 2.35:1).
General Note
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
Editors, Milena Fiedler, Rafał Listopad ; music, Krzyzstof Penderecki ; cinematography, Paweł Edelman.
Participants/Performers
Andrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Zmijewski, Jan Englert, Danuta Stenka, Magdalena Cielecka, Agnieszka Glinska, Maja Komorowska, Sergey Garmash.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD format; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound; 16x9 (2.35:1)
Language
Polish dialogue; English subtitles.
Awards
Winner: Polish Film Awards, Best Picture.
Awards
Winner: European Film Awards, Prix d'Excellence.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Conspiracy -- Poland -- Drama.
Drama.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Katyn Massacre, Katynʹ, Russia, 1940 -- Drama.
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
Prisoners of war -- Poland -- Drama.
Video recordings.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Poland -- Drama.
Drama.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Katyn Massacre, Katynʹ, Russia, 1940 -- Drama.
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
Prisoners of war -- Poland -- Drama.
Video recordings.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Poland -- Drama.
Other Subjects