Katyn

Katyn 'Cinema Poster Country Poland Directed by Andrzej Wajda Release Date 2007 Language Polish German Russian Studio Akson Studio, TVP S.A. Distributor Koch Lorber Films Main Cast Character Actor Lt. Jerzy Andrzej Chyra Anna Maja Ostaszewska Tadeusz Antoni Pawlicki Agnieszka Magdalena Cielecka Major Popov Sergey Garmash Róza Danuta Stenka Lt. Piotr Pawel Malaszynski

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:

Tokarev TT-33 pistol

Lt. Jerzy (Andrzej Chyra) prepares to shoot himself with a Tokarev TT-33.

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

Walther P38 pistol

The members of the NKVD execute Polish officers with German Walther P38 pistols.

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

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Luger P08

Some characters carry also a Luger P08 pistol.

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

Tadeusz (Antoni Pawlicki) with a gun hidden in his baggage.

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

PPSh-41

Soviet and Polish troops are equipped with PPSh-41 submachine guns.

PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Wz. 29 Mauser

German soldiers are seen also with Polish Wz. 29 Mauser rifles.

Wz. 29 Mauser - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Mosin Nagant Rifle

Red Army and NKVD soldiers are armed with Mosin Nagant Rifles.

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

Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun

A Soviet machine gun crew dragging a wheeled Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun.

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