| Edition |
[Widescreen]. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Based on the novel "Post mortem" by Andrzej Mularczyk. |
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Originally produced in 2007. |
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Widescreen format (16x9, aspect ratio 2.35:1). |
| 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. |
| Audience |
Rating unknown. |
| Note |
Special features: Interview with director Andrejz Wajda ; "Katyn: 60 days on the set: making-of featurette," Polish premiere: interviews and reactions ; photo gallery. |
| Contents |
Special features: Interview with director Andrejz Wajda -- "Katyn: 60 days on the set: making-of featurette," -- Language: Polish -- Subtitles: English. |
| Language |
Polish dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
WNPLFFDVD |
| Subject |
Mularczyk, Andrzej, 1930- -- Film adaptations.
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Katyn Massacre, Katynʹ, Russia, 1940 -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Drama.
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Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
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Prisoners of war -- Poland -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Poland -- Drama.
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Conspiracy -- Poland -- Drama.
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Motion pictures -- Poland.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical films.
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War films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Wajda, Andrzej, 1926-2016
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Pasikowski, Władysław.
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Nowakowski, Przemysław, 1970-
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Kwieciński, Michał, 1951-
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Penderecki, Krzysztof, 1933-2020
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Chyra, Andrzej, 1964-
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Ostaszewska, Maja, 1972-
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Żmijewski, Artur, 1966-
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Englert, Jan.
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Stenka, Danuta, 1961-
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Akson Studio (Firm)
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Mularczyk, Andrzej, 1930-
Post mortem.
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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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E1 Entertainment (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1417201940 |
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9781417201945 |
| Standard No. |
741952317890 |
| Music No. |
KLF-DV-3178 Koch Lorber Films |
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