February Movies

Katyn, Polish, sub-titled. Drama about the Soviet 1940 massacre of 20,000 Polish professional class which was covered up until 1990. This is such a good movie it is hard to describe. I'm starting to see that watching enough great movies is a higher education and civilizing influence. The Polish director's father was murdered in the Katyn forest and this movie is a tribute to a lost generation. The crime was compounded by the Soviets forcing the communist-ruled Polish people to repress any mention of it--the Soviets wanting the official truth to be the Nazis did it. Stalin ordered this incomprehensible act. There are many worldwide monuments to the Katyn massacre, including ones in Baltimore and New Jersey.