Vyacheslav KHOTULEV
Вячеслав ХОТУЛЕВ
Viatcheslav KHOTOULEV
Russia, 2011, 52mn 
Colour, documentary
Khatyn. Common Pain
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Катынь. Общая боль

 

 Katyn. La douleur

 Katyn. Obshaya bol

 
Directed by : Vyacheslav KHOTULEV (Вячеслав ХОТУЛЕВ)
Writing credits : Andrey BAKLANOV (Андрей БАКЛАНОВ), Vyacheslav KHOTULEV (Вячеслав ХОТУЛЕВ)
Produced by : Aleksey BRAGIN (Алексей БРАГИН)
Production : “Objektiv” studio
 

Note :
Directors Anjei Vaida and Kshishtof Zanussi as well as the President of Poland in 1979-80 Wojciech Jaruzelski took part in the film

Plot synopsis
The flm tells about the tragedy happened in the Katyn forest near Smolensk in March-April 1940 when the National Commissariat of Internal Affairs’ bodies executed by shooting four thousand Polish officers.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- War in contemporary Russian cinema, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2011