Katyn

Katyń (2007)

Timing: 2:2 (122 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2007-09-21

Country

Poland

Production

PISF, TVP, Akson Studio, Orange Polska, Telekomunikacja Polska

Genre

Drama, History, War

Budget

$15 000 000

Revenue

$13 676 729

Website

https://www.aksonstudio.pl/en/movies/katyn

Director

Andrzej Wajda

Actors

Andrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Żmijewski, Danuta Stenka, Jan Englert, Magdalena Cielecka, Agnieszka Glińska, Paweł Małaszyński, Maja Komorowska, Władysław Kowalski
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Scenario

Producer

Michał Kwieciński, Katarzyna Fukacz-Cebula

Operator

Paweł Edelman

Composer

Krzysztof Penderecki

Artist

Audition

Ewa Brodzka

Editing

Rafał Listopad, Milenia Fiedler
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• The film is based on Andrzej Mularczyk's story "Post Mortem — A Katyn Story" (lat. Post Mortem — after death).
• The film is dedicated to the director's parents. His father, Jakub Wajda, perished at Katyn.
• The diaries of Polish officers held in the Kozelsk camp were used in the preparation of the film, in particular, those of Major Adam Solski. The story of the sweater given to another prisoner of war is described in the diary of Wacław Kruk.
• The film features music by Krzysztof Penderecki — Symphony No. 2 and "Chaconne in Memory of John Paul II" from "Polish Requiem".
• The film premiered in Warsaw on September 17, 2007 – the day Soviet troops entered Poland in 1939. In Russia, the film had its premiere on October 27, 2007, at the cultural center of the Polish Embassy in Moscow.
• In October 2007, at the direction of Defense Minister Aleksander Szczygło, a mandatory screening of the film was organized for members of the Polish Armed Forces.
• The literary basis for the film is Andrzej Mularczyk's story “Post Mortem – The Katyn Story” (lat. Post Mortem – after death).
• The film features music by Krzysztof Penderecki – Symphony No. 2 and “Chaconne in Memory of John Paul II” from “Polish Requiem”.