Difference between revisions of "Katyn"

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Katyn (2007) movie poster.

Katyn is a 2007 World War II drama directed by Andrzej Wajda. The film tells one of the darkest events of Polish history: the massacre of 22,500 Polish soldiers and civilians carried out by the Soviet secret police NKVD in 1940. The axis of the film are the stories of women who lost their husbands, brothers, sons. Some of them also come into Soviet captivity, others are looking for evidence of their survival, others is apathetically resigned to the worst. The film was nominated in 2008 for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

The following weapons are featured in the film Katyn:

Luger P08

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

Tadeusz (Antoni Pawlicki) had a Luger P08 hidden in his baggage.

She was found lying next to his body by a military patrol.

Tokarev TT-33 pistol

Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Tula Arsenal (Soviet Union) Note CCCP printing around the star on the plastic grips

Lt Jerzy (Andrzej Chyra) he fired by his service Tokarev TT-33 pistol a bullet in the head.

Walther P38 pistol

The members of NKVD had uses for executed Polish officers a German Walther P38 pistols.

Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War II dated - 9x19mm

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PPSh-41

Soviet and Polish troops equipped by PPSh-41 submachine guns.

PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Karabiner 98k

Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser

The SS man holds a Karabiner 98k rifle in his hand.

Mosin Nagant Rifle

Red Army soldier and NKVD armed by Mosin Nagant Rifles.

Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54R

Soviet Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR

Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun

Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun On 'Sokolov' mount with shield - 7.62x54mm R

The Soviet soldier dragged by on street of Warsaw a Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun.

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-'''Katyn''' is a 2007 World War II drama directed by [[Andrzej Wajda]]. The film tells one of the darkest events of Polish history: the massacre of 22,500 Polish soldiers and civilians carried out by the Soviet secret police NKVD in 1940. Around the Katyn massacre, a number of controversies and uncertainties. Mass graves of the victims discovered by the Germans in 1941. Moscow, in turn, accused the Germans of the massacre, west of the massacre was silent ... Russia after fifty years of silence in 1990 admitted that Stalin's murder of the Polish military and social elite really ordered.
+'''Katyn''' is a 2007 World War II drama directed by [[Andrzej Wajda]]. The film tells one of the darkest events of Polish history: the massacre of 22,500 Polish soldiers and civilians carried out by the Soviet secret police NKVD in 1940. The axis of the film are the stories of women who lost their husbands, brothers, sons. Some of them also come into Soviet captivity, others are looking for evidence of their survival, others is apathetically resigned to the worst.  The film was nominated in 2008 for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
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