Katyn (2007)
Drama | History | War

1940. After Germany's invasion of Poland, Joseph Stalin ordered the liquidation of the Polish officer corps, slaughtering nearly 22,000 men in Katyn Forest. Based on this horrific, historical event, Katyn tells the story of four fictional officers and their families as they struggle to uncover the truth.

User Comment: screenwriter-14 from United States, 8 December 2007 • KATYN is one of the most powerful World War II films I have ever seen and from the first frame of Poles fleeing from the Germans to the rear and the Russians in the front, an audience immediately feels the horror and claustrophobia of attempting to flee from the enemy, but with a sense of absolutely no where to run. The cast is simply superb, the story one of Polish Officers who meet their fate at the hands of the enemy, but with a sense of pride in themselves and their families, and the men and women who struggled to deal with both the Germans and the Russians and survive, is one written in the annals of history, but now with the truth of the slaughter finally brought to light. The final scenes in KATYN sent me from the theater with a sense of wanting to get a deep breath of air in my lungs, and to attempt to digest the horror I had just seen on the screen. KATYN deserves the Oscar and it is a film that will haunt you forever.

Summary: "The Soviet Red Army is your ONLY friend".

[CSW] -4- I knew nothing about Katyn before this movie. Although I had trouble keeping all of the characters straight I think that was just me and not the movie. This is a must see at least once movie if nothing more than to get a sense of the true magnitude of the historical slaughter but also the political quagmire that the cover-up lies created. With what would turn out to be enemies on all sides and nowhere to turn the dignity, pride and honor the Polish Officers displayed was absolutely outstanding.

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