Event Guide
EVENT
- TITLE:
- FILM - KATYN
- WHEN:
- 11.03.2010 20.00 h
- Category:
- Carnegie Arts Previous Events
DESCRIPTION
Thursday March 11th
FILM - KATYN
Dir: Andrzej Wajda
Poland 2007 121 minutes
Cast: Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Zmijewski, Andrzej Chyra, Danuta Stenka, Jan Englert
Language: Polish
Presented with an honourary Oscar in 2000 for his contributions to world cinema, Wajda himself is the son of a Polish cavalry officer who was murdered by the Soviets in what is known as the Katyn massacre – the subject of Katyn his latest and typically unflinching work.
After Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland and following Joseph Stalin’s order, on September 17, 1939, all Polish Officers found themselves in Soviet slavery. The film follows three women waiting for their beloveds as they learn and come to terms with the evidence of the Katyn massacre.
What is the life of women, waiting for their beloved in the Polish state after the war going to look like, they being still dependent on Soviet Russia? Will homeland and freedom still retain the same meaning for those who have accepted the new system? This latest offering from one of Europe’s greatest directors is a powerful work, forcing audiences to acknowledge the sheer scale of brutality meted out and the grievous consequences for the families affected. - Colm McAuliffe, Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 2008
ADM: €6
