A film by Andrzej Wajda
On April 3, 1940, and in the weeks that followed, a horrific war crime took place: the Katyn Massacre. Thousands of Polish officers, intellectuals, and government officials were murdered by the Soviet secret police, the NKVD, in the forests near Katyn and at other locations.
For decades, the Soviet Union denied this crime, and it was not until 1990 that Soviet responsibility was officially acknowledged.
*Katyn* is a deeply personal late-career work by Andrzej Wajda (1926–2016). In this film, he addresses a trauma in Polish history that affected him personally. Wajda’s father, Jakub, an officer in the Polish Army, was abducted and shot by the Soviet secret police in 1939. It was not until after the end of the communist regime that it became possible to commemorate the Katyn massacre in Poland and to make it the subject of a feature film.
Poland 2007, 122 minutes, original version with subtitles, Director: Andrzej Wajda
Followed by: A panel discussion on the feature film with Prof. Dr. Claudia Weber and Andreas Mix
In collaboration with the Polish Institute in Berlin
As part of filmPOLSKA 2026
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Dates
September 2026
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