- Summary
- Dramatization of the massacre of 20,000 people (interned Polish officers as well as civilians accused of treason by the occupying Soviet forces) by the Soviet secret police at Katyń in the spring of 1940, and the cover-up that followed. Follows the fictional stories of four families, separated from one another in the confusion of September 1939, when the Soviets and Germans invaded Poland, through the Soviet occupation in 1945 when the truth of the massacre gets suppressed.
- Other Title
- Post mortem.
- Format
- Video
- Published
- Port Washington, N.Y. : Koch Lorber Films : Distributed by E1 Entertainment, [2009]
- Locale
- Poland
- Edition
- Widescreen edycja
- Other Authors/Editors
- Wajda, Andrzej, 1926-2016.
Pasikowski, Władysław.
Nowakowski, Przemysław, 1970-
Kwieciński, Michał, 1951-
Penderecki, Krzysztof, 1933-2020.
Chyra, Andrzej, 1964-
Ostaszewska, Maja, 1972-
Żmijewski, Artur, 1966-
Englert, Jan.
Stenka, Danuta, 1961-
Mularczyk, Andrzej, 1930-
Akson Studio (Firm)
Polskie Radio i Telewizja.
Telekomunikacja Polska SA.
Koch Lorber Films.
E1 Entertainment (Firm)
- Notes
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Based on the novel "Post mortem" by Andrzej Mularczyk.
Originally produced in 2007.
Widescreen format (16x9, aspect ratio 2.35:1).
Special features: Interview with director Andrzej Wajda ; "Katyn: 60 days on the set: making-of featurette," Polish premiere: interviews and reactions ; photo gallery.
Editors, Milena Fiedler, Rafał Listopad ; music, Krzyzstof Penderecki ; cinematography, Paweł Edelman.
Andrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Ż̇̇mijewski, Jan Englert, Danuta Stenka, Magdalena Cielecka, Agnieszka Glińska, Maja Komorowska, Sergey Garmash.
DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.
Polish dialogue; English subtitles.
