Katyn Film - Big Hit

The world premiere of Andrzej Wajda's Katyn at the Berlin Film Festival Friday night was followed by silence and then long applause.

The premiere was attended by Chancellor Angela Merkel, ministers of culture of Poland and Germany and other renowned personalities from the world of culture and politics. The public was visibly shaken by the screening, which tells the true story of the massacre of over 20,000 Polish officers by the Soviet NVKD in 1940.



While addressing the public, Andrzej Wajda said that the Europe of today is heading in the right direction. The director also expressed a hope that the film would open a new chapter in Polish, German and Russian relations.