The read
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do. Most of the 651 2010s history movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
An ambitious young journalist uncovers the horrific slaughter of 22,000 Polish officers during World War II, a secret kept hidden for far too many years.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes29%
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do.
85 audience votes
Key crew
- Piotr SzkopiakDirector
- Piotr SzkopiakWriter
- Paul SzambowskiWriter
- Bartosz ChajdeckiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Alex PettyferStephen Underwood
- Robert WięckiewiczMichael Loboda
- Talulah RileyJeanette Mitchell
- Michael GambonFrank Hamilton
- Henry Lloyd-HughesMason Mitchell
- Piotr StramowskiAndrzej Nowak
- Gwilym LeeCaptain John Underwood
- Chris WalkerGerrard
- Colin BuchananEllison
- Michael ByrneCoroner
- Marko LehtLieutenant Zygmunt Horniak
- David SterneKings Arms Landlord
Stills
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Themes
journalistrefugeejoseph stalinlovecollusiontrue identityeastern europeanbritish government