Katyn
“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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Cast
49 people
Andrzej Chyra
Jerzy
Known for
Cracow Monsters
1983
Maja Ostaszewska
Anna
Known for
Colors of Evil: Red
Proud
Artur Żmijewski
Andrzej
Known for
Panic Attack
Never in My Life!
Danuta Stenka
General's Wife
Known for
The Hater
Never in My Life!
Jan Englert
General
Known for
Gods
Killer
Magdalena Cielecka
Agnieszka
Known for
A Girl and an Astronaut
United States of Love
Agnieszka Glińska
School Director
Known for
1983
Paweł Małaszyński
Pilot Lieutenant
Known for
Letters to Santa
Jack Strong
Maja Komorowska
Professor's Wife
Known for
Decalogue I
Dekalog
Władysław Kowalski
Professor U. J.
Known for
Avalon
The Double Life of Véronique
Antoni Pawlicki
Tadeusz
Known for
Bartkowiak
Agnieszka Kawiorska
Ewa
Known for
Pitbull. Last Dog
Andrzej Wajda Director · Przemysław Nowakowski Screenplay Władysław Pasikowski Screenplay
Director Screenplay
Andrzej Wajda
Screenplay
Przemysław Nowakowski
Screenplay
Władysław Pasikowski
Story
Andrzej Mularczyk
Composer
Krzysztof Penderecki
Cinematographer
Paweł Edelman
Editor
Rafał Listopad
Editor
Milenia Fiedler
Production designer
Magdalena Dipont
Production designer
Ryszard Melliwa
Production designer
Marek Kukawski
Costume designer
Magdalena Biedrzycka
Costume designer
Andrzej Szenajch
Worldwide gross $15M · Budget $5.6M · United States release February 18, 2009
Box office
Budget
$5,600,000
Worldwide gross
$14,768,451
Gross vs. budget
2.6×
Production
Akson Studio
Production
Telekomunikacja Polska
Production
Telewizja Polska
Production
Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
Production
Poland
Produced in
Post mortem. Opowieść katyńska
Working title
Languages
Original title
Katyń
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
German · Polish · Russian · Ukrainian
Release dates
Poland · September 17, 2007
Premiere · Warsaw
Poland · September 21, 2007
Theatrical
United States · February 18, 2009
Theatrical
United States
October 19, 2008 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
Brazil
September 26, 2008 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
April 3, 2009 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
May 9, 2008 · Theatrical
Czechia
July 8, 2008 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
September 18, 2008 · Theatrical
April 14, 2009 · Physical
France
November 14, 2007 · Premiere · Festival du film polonais de Perpignan
April 1, 2009 · Theatrical
Germany
February 15, 2008 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
September 17, 2009 · Theatrical
Greece
February 5, 2009 · Theatrical
February 26, 2010 · Physical · DVD
Hungary
April 17, 2008 · Theatrical
Japan
October 20, 2009 · Premiere · Tokyo International Women's Film Festival
December 5, 2009 · Theatrical
Spain
October 9, 2009 · Theatrical
Switzerland
August 10, 2009 · Digital
United Kingdom
June 19, 2009 · Theatrical
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