The lie that outlived the killers — 50 years of Soviet silence, shattered.
A documentary about the Katyn massacre, which the Soviet authorities kept silent about both during World War II and for several decades afterwards.
Direction
Orlicz lets survivors speak without sensationalism.
Editing
Juxtaposition of Soviet lies against family grief is devastating.
Director
Tomasz Orlicz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The documentary premiered the same year Poland joined the EU, marking a symbolic closure to Soviet-era denial.
Andrzej Wajda's 2007 narrative film 'Katyń' brought the massacre to wider audiences, but Orlicz's documentary remains the essential witness testimony.
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