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Stalin and the Katyn Massacre

Stalin and the Katyn Massacre

2020•1h 38m•7.1/10
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

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7.1/10(8)

The Katyn massacre, carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940, was only one of many unspeakable crimes committed by Stalin's ruthless executioners over three decades. The mass murder of thousands of Polish officers was part of a relentless purge, the secrets and details of which have only recently been partially revealed.

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Production

La Générale de Production, Silver Frame, ARTE, Telewizja Polska

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Cédric Tourbe

Self - Narrator (voice)

Dmitry Tokarev

Self (voice)

Leon Trotsky

Leon Trotsky

Self (archive footage)

Lavrentiy Beria

Lavrentiy Beria

Self (archive footage)

Felix Dzerzhinsky

Felix Dzerzhinsky

Self (archive footage)

Vyacheslav Menzhinsky

Vyacheslav Menzhinsky

Self (archive footage)

Genrikh Yagoda

Genrikh Yagoda

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

Nikolai Yezhov

Nikolai Yezhov

Self (archive footage)

Kliment Voroshilov

Kliment Voroshilov

Self (archive footage)

Vyacheslav Molotov

Vyacheslav Molotov

Self (archive footage)

Anastas Mikoyan

Anastas Mikoyan

Self (archive footage)

Lazar Kaganovich

Lazar Kaganovich

Self (archive footage)

Mikhail Kalinin

Mikhail Kalinin

Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)

Kyrylo Studynsky

Self (archive footage)

Władysław Sikorski

Władysław Sikorski

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Ivan Maisky

Ivan Maisky

Self (archive footage)

Anthony Eden

Anthony Eden

Self (archive footage)

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