- HD 1080
- Runtime: 122m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: pl
- Country: Poland
- Director: Andrzej Wajda
- Stars: Andrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Żmijewski, Danuta Stenka, Jan Englert
- keywords: based on novel or book, world war ii, kraków, poland, based on true story, war propaganda, historical event, stalinism, state security, 1940s, state crimes, soviet union history, polish history, russian war crimes
- Production_studio: Akson Studio, Telekomunikacja Polska, TVP
- Slogan: The untold story of the crime Stalin could not hide
- The Katyn is featured in the top rankings of 2007
- #10 in Top War Movies of 2007
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.
