Directed by:
Cédric TourbeScreenplay:
Cédric TourbeComposer:
Pierre DeschampsCast:
Lavrentiy Beria (a.f.), Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (a.f.), Winston Churchill (a.f.), Joseph Goebbels (a.f.), Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (a.f.) (more)Plots(1)
In April 2020, it will be 80 years since the slaughter. The name Katyn has come to embody this large-scale massacre carried out in the greatest secrecy. In a clearing near the city of Smolensk, on the border with Belarus, many of these soldiers, mainly officers, were executed. First blamed on the Nazis, the cover-up endured for five years. It was only on the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union that Mikhail Gorbachev was finally forced to acknowledge Stalin’s responsibility in the perpetration of the crime. His successor, Boris Yeltsin, opened the archives that provided the long-awaited evidence. Eighty years later, through archives and animation, Cédric Tourbe tells the story of the Katyn massacre from the side of the victims, and for the first time, from that of the executioners. This slaughter says much about the workings of the Soviet regime, based on a police force operating in unbelievable secrecy. (Arte)
(more)Cast
![Lavrentiy Beria](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/839/160839650_adb3ca.jpg)
Lavrentiy Beria (a.f.)
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Velikij polkovoděc Georgij Žukov (1995) - a.f.
Stalin's Funeral (1990) - a.f.
![Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274020_8bdbb2.jpg)
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (a.f.)
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Velikij polkovoděc Georgij Žukov (1995) - a.f.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) - a.f.
The Victors (1963) - a.f.
![Winston Churchill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/987/157987504_19adc0.jpg)
Winston Churchill (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie) - a.f.
And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) - a.f.
A Bridge Too Far (1977) - a.f.
![Joseph Goebbels](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274610_d77379.jpg)
Joseph Goebbels (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
Sunshine (1999) - a.f.
Taking Sides (2001) - a.f.
![Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/268/159268163_1002ea.jpg)
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (a.f.)
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
![Adolf Hitler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271030_7b33cc.jpg)
Adolf Hitler (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation) - a.f.
The King's Speech (2010) - a.f.
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie) - a.f.
![Wojciech Jaruzelski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901411_2da54b.jpg)
Wojciech Jaruzelski (a.f.)
Poland
Best movies:
Popiełuszko. Wolność jest w nas (2009)
All That I Love (2009)
![Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/144/158144441_0fd9f7.jpg)
Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich (a.f.)
Russian Empire
![Nikita Khrushchev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/144/158144438_3d539c.jpg)
Nikita Khrushchev (a.f.)
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Velikij polkovoděc Georgij Žukov (1995) - a.f.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) - a.f.
Tadeusz Mazowiecki (a.f.)
Best movies:
Short Working Day (1981) (TV movie)
![Anastas Mikoyan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/535/158535740_660751.jpg)
Anastas Mikoyan (a.f.)
Russian Empire
![Vyacheslav Molotov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901389_c52d22.jpg)
Vyacheslav Molotov (a.f.)
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Mission to Moscow (1943) - a.f.
![Richard Nixon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/793/161793107_27accb.jpg)
Richard Nixon (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007) - a.f.
The Doors (1991) - a.f.
All the President's Men (1976) - a.f.
![Franklin D. Roosevelt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950086_6c35de.jpg)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939) - a.f.
A Bridge Too Far (1977) - a.f.
Contact (1997) - a.f.
![Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/144/158144436_37bece.jpg)
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (a.f.)
Russian Empire
![Lech Walesa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901408_9608a0.jpg)
Lech Walesa (a.f.)
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Iron (1981)
Walesa: Man of Hope (2013) - a.f.
Moonwalker (1988)