Katyn

A major international hit, Katyn finds Wajda returning to the landscape of WWII and a Polish tragedy of that conflict.

The film tells the true story of the 1940 Soviet massacre of 15,000 Polish Army officers in Katyn, Russia; among them was Wajda's own father. Wajda elaborates this key moment in modern Polish history with precise dispassion and moral outrage.(121 mins., 35mm)

As this film makes strikingly evident, Wajda is still active as an uncompromising filmmaker. His commitment to liberal values and lyrical expression were vindicated by the fall of the Soviet Union, an event he says “we never hoped to live to see.” Katyn eloquently demonstrates the truth of these sentiments, expressed by the New York Times in a recent review of the film: "Poland has been fortunate to have, in Mr. Wajda, a tireless, clear-sighted chronicler."

Screened in conjunction with the 2009 Midwest Slavic Conference hosted by Ohio State’s Center for Slavic and East European Studies. Click here for more information.

The Polish Cultural Institute, New York, organized this tour.

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