Stalin and the Katyn Massacre (2020)

7.1/10 98 min Documentary History TV Movie

Overview

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.

Cast

Leon Trotsky

Self (archive footage)

Lavrentiy Beria

Self (archive footage)

Felix Dzerzhinsky

Self (archive footage)

Vyacheslav Menzhinsky

Self (archive footage)

Genrikh Yagoda

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

Nikolai Yezhov

Self (archive footage)

Kliment Voroshilov

Self (archive footage)

Vyacheslav Molotov

Self (archive footage)

Anastas Mikoyan

Self (archive footage)

Lazar Kaganovich

Self (archive footage)

Mikhail Kalinin

Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)

Władysław Sikorski

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Ivan Maisky

Self (archive footage)

Anthony Eden

Self (archive footage)

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