Posted on 09/18/2007 4:00:28 AM PDT by Argentine-Firecracker
Last night I was lucky enough to attend the Warsaw premiere of Andrzej Wajda's "Katyn".
Even though my Polish is minimal, there was no need to be fluent in order to understand the film's terribly powerful and poignant depictions of fear, frustration, love, anger, despair, revulsion, and propaganda lies .
The story is very personal. Mr. Wajda's father was one of the victims of Katyn, and Mr. Wajda based the story on the women who waited in vain for their men to return, just like his own mother had done.
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