Tuesday, November 10, 2009
THE REAL STORY
Today's movie was the Polish film
which tells the true story of the Katyn Massacre in Poland.
Caught between the advancing German and Russian armies (there was a short peace pact between Hitler and Stalin) more than 20,000 surrendered Polish officers were killed while POW.
For some years the Germans blamed the Russians who denied it and after the Germans surrendered the occupying Russians blamed the Germans.
The Russians did it but the new regime kept the myth alive even as eyewitnesses were taken and killed.
At the same time as the massacre, tens of thousands of intellectuals and political leaders were, indeed, taken by the Germans and imprisoned then killed.
This film shows the lies and the truth.
I have been interested in this period's history for some time. To some extent, the knowledge that I had about Katyn was historical. In my head. As horrible as it was I did not feel the gut part.
This film remedied that situation.
It is quite good. A little hard to follow the people as they grow and go through the ten years of time covered. A little loose towards the end.
But very good, nonetheless. I will give it a 3 out of Netflixt5. I could not bear to see it again.
