Post Mortem

Polish Master Seeks Truth and Reconciliation

MOVIE REVIEW
Katyn (2007)

KATYN 6
Koch Lorber Films

The great Polish director Andrzej Wajda has reportedly been waiting his entire life to tell the story of the Soviet massacre of Polish Army officers in the Katyn Forest during WWII. After experiencing “Katyn” – his studious, eloquent rendition of that terrible day and its aftermath – one understands exactly why. The film is not just about the buildup to the mass murder, its obfuscation by those responsible and the outpouring of national grief that followed it.

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