Las Katynski

original title:
Las Katynski
other titles:
(Der Wald von Katyn), Katyn-Forrest
country / year of production:
Poland / 1990
original length:
52 min. , color
premiere:
4 June 1992, Arte
genre:
Documentary
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director:
Marcel Lozinski
film script:
Marcel Lozinski
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plot synopsis:
This documentary deals with the events in the forrest of Katyn in 1941. At that time 4500 Polisch officers were killed by the Russian army. But it took 50 years until the Sowjet Union commited the crime. This film was made before the commitment and takes time vitnesses and relevants of the victims back to the scene of the crime.
keywords:
massacre , war crimes , behind enemy lines , communism , post-war era , MIA - missing in action
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Paul Kohl. 'Ich wundere mich, dass ich noch lebe'. Sowjetische Augenzeugen berichten. Gütersloh: Mohn, 1990
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