The Katyn massacre, carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940, was only one of many unspeakable crimes committed by Stalin's ruthless executioners over three decades. The mass murder of thousands of Polish officers was part of a relentless purge, the secrets and details of which have only recently been partially revealed.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- La Générale de Production, Silver Frame, ARTE, Telewizja Polska
Keywords
- world war ii
- war propaganda
- russian history
- stalinism
- state security
- 1940s
- state crimes
- eve of world war ii
- soviet union history
- polish history
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Top Cast
Cédric Tourbe as Self - Narrator (voice)
Dmitry Tokarev as Self (voice)
Leon Trotsky as Self (archive footage)
Lavrentiy Beria as Self (archive footage)
Felix Dzerzhinsky as Self (archive footage)
Vyacheslav Menzhinsky as Self (archive footage)
Genrikh Yagoda as Self (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin as Self (archive footage)
Top Crew
Cédric Tourbe · Director, Writer
Olivia Gomolinski · Writer
Pierre Vigna DeChamps · Composer
Pierre Deschamps · Composer
Mathieu Blanc · Editor
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