Katyń Gets Oscar Nomination

24th January 2008

Andrzej Wajda

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Polish director Andrzej Wajda's latest film, Katyń, received a foreign-language Oscar nomination from the American Motion Picture Academy on Tuesday. In 2000 Wajda, one of Poland's most preeminent filmmakers, won a life-achievement Oscar, though none of his previous films managed to quite make the grade.

Polish director Andrzej Wajda's latest film, Katyń, received a foreign-language Oscar nomination from the American Motion Picture Academy on Tuesday. The film tells the story of the families of some of the thousands of Polish officers murdered by the Soviets at the beginning of the Second World War. In 2000 Wajda, one of Poland's most preeminent filmmakers, won a life-achieve ...

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