Katyn2007
The untold story of the crime Stalin could not hide
On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two fronts, is defeated. Thousands of Polish men, both military and government officials, are captured by the invaders. Their fate will only be known several years later.
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The great Polish director Andrzej Wajda musters the power of classical filmmaking and personal emotional investment to dramatize a stunning atrocity long covered up.
Tackling a heavy topic doesn't guarantee a good movie. The storyline was all over the place. I understand that the intention was to depict different ways in which the massacre has influenced the everyday lives of Polish folk, but the real life outcome simply falls short. Had the director lowered his ambitions, maybe we'd get to see a far more consistent end result.
An unrelentingly powerful and seamless indictment of two brutal political systems.
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