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Katyń

Movie · 2007 · 118 min

A somber, patiently unfolding chronicle of loss and buried truth that weighs heavily and ends in quiet devastation.

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2007 film by Andrzej Wajda
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Year
2007
Runtime
118 min
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • grief
  • death
  • betrayal
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • military
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour0
Realism9
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight10

Details

Genres
drama, war, historical
Directed by
Andrzej Wajda
Written by
Andrzej Wajda, Władysław Pasikowski
Starring
Sergei Garmash, Danuta Stenka, Andrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Jan Englert, Artur Żmijewski, Maja Komorowska, Stanislava Celińska
Music
Krzysztof Penderecki
Cinematography
Paweł Edelman
Runtime
118 min
Country
Poland
Languages
German, Polish, Russian

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