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An ambitious young journalist uncovers the horrific slaughter of twenty-two thousand Polish officers during World War II. A secret that has been kept hidden for far too many years.An ambitious young journalist uncovers the horrific slaughter of twenty-two thousand Polish officers during World War II. A secret that has been kept hidden for far too many years.An ambitious young journalist uncovers the horrific slaughter of twenty-two thousand Polish officers during World War II. A secret that has been kept hidden for far too many years.
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- 44 wins & 16 nominations
Holly Aston
- Rose Miller
- (as Holly Augustine)
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- TriviaAfter credits: "In 1990, Soviet President Gorbachev admitted that the Soviet Union was responsible for the murders of Polish prisoners of war at Katyn in 1940. No one was ever prosecuted. In 2012, declassified documents proved that the U.S. government suppressed information that attested to Soviet guilt. No British government has ever publicly charged the Soviet Union with responsibility for the Katyn Massacre. This film is dedicated to the 22,000 Polish prisoners of war murdered in the Katyn Massacre and to those murdered in the years that followed so that the truth would remain buried forever."
- GoofsBetween 00:07:37 and 00:07:49 a male and female soldier can be seen exchanging documents and talking.
The male soldier quite clearly has three white stripes on his right arm indicating he is a Sergeant (Sgt).
The female soldier quite clearly has one strip on her left arm indicating she is a Lance Corporal (L/Cpl)
Both Sgt's and L/Cpl's are Non Commissioned Officer (NCO) ranks in the British Army.
Before parting ways the Male soldier salutes the female soldier and the female soldier returns the salute.
This is not accurate. Only commissioned Officers are saluted in the British Army.
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Truth Told at Last
Throughout the Cold War, one of the great untold truths of World War II was Russian responsibility for the massacre of some 20,000 Polish officers and other "prisoners of war" in the Katyn forest. If Britain and the United States had tried to bring the Russians to justice, they believed it would have jeopardized the peace and revealed the real nature of Stalin's regime. Instead, both countries did their best to suppress the truth, even to the extent of espionage that included murder. Although this is a fictionalized version of these events, "The Last Witness" is also a realistic view of what journalists can and have done to bring the truth to light. This is a beautifully produced film, and it is difficult to understand what motivates some IMDB reviewers to dismiss it as "sucha a bad film." It is a wonderful and welcome film that follows half a century during which such a film could not have been made. It is also incentive to watch an arguably better film released in 2007 called "Katyn" and directed by Anrzej Wajda.
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- El último testigo
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- $3,058
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
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