The Last Witness (2018) on Netflix
An ambitious young journalist risks love and career to learn who an Eastern European refugee really is. The trail leads to the British government and the cover-up of the Katyn massacre.
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- Netflix2.2/5
- IMDb5.7/102,228 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes29%
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Plot summary
After the Second World War, an ambitious young journalist in Britain takes on the story of an Eastern European refugee and sets out to uncover who he really is. The search leads him to the Katyn massacre, the killing of twenty-two thousand Polish officers in Russia and one of the crimes of Joseph Stalin. The political intrigue in Britain after the war surrounds that massacre, and the refugee's connection reaches the British government, which colluded in the cover-up. The secret was kept hidden for many years, and the search puts the journalist's love, his career and ultimately his life at risk.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Last Witness (2018)
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- Director Piotr Szkopiak was born in the United Kingdom to Polish parents, and called The Last Witness a personal experience because his grandfather was among those murdered in the Katyn massacre.
- The script for The Last Witness was written 15 years before the film was shot, and the shoot itself lasted only 18 days.
- For director Piotr Szkopiak, The Last Witness was his first film in 19 years, a long-awaited return to filmmaking.
