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[[File:Katyn-poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Katyn'' (2007) movie poster.]] | [[File:Katyn-poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Katyn'' (2007) movie poster.]] | ||
'''Katyn''' is a 2007 World War II drama directed by [[Andrzej Wajda]]. The film tells one of the darkest events of Polish history: the massacre of 22,500 Polish soldiers and civilians carried out by the Soviet secret police NKVD in 1940. | '''Katyn''' is a 2007 World War II drama directed by [[Andrzej Wajda]]. The film tells one of the darkest events of Polish history: the massacre of 22,500 Polish soldiers and civilians carried out by the Soviet secret police NKVD in 1940. The axis of the film are the stories of women who lost their husbands, brothers, sons. Some of them also come into Soviet captivity, others are looking for evidence of their survival, others is apathetically resigned to the worst. The film was nominated in 2008 for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. | ||
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Revision as of 23:17, 17 June 2012
Katyn is a 2007 World War II drama directed by Andrzej Wajda. The film tells one of the darkest events of Polish history: the massacre of 22,500 Polish soldiers and civilians carried out by the Soviet secret police NKVD in 1940. The axis of the film are the stories of women who lost their husbands, brothers, sons. Some of them also come into Soviet captivity, others are looking for evidence of their survival, others is apathetically resigned to the worst. The film was nominated in 2008 for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
The following weapons are featured in the film Katyn:
Luger P08
Tokarev TT-33 pistol
Walther P38 pistol
The members of NKVD had uses for executed Polish officers a German Walther P38 pistols.
PPSh-41
Soviet and Polish troops equipped by PPSh-41 submachine guns.
Karabiner 98k
Mosin Nagant Rifle
Red Army soldier and NKVD armed by Mosin Nagant Rifles.
