The Last Witness
Directed byPiotr Szkopiak
Written by
  • Paul Szambowski
  • Piotr Szkopiak
Produced byCarol Harding
Starring
CinematographyEdward Ames
Edited byJo-Anne Dixon
Music byBartosz Chajdecki
Production
companies
  • Vicarious Productions Limited
  • Vicarious Productions
  • Dignity Film Finance
  • Film Polska Production
  • Rosevine Films
Distributed byMomentum Pictures (United States) Signature Entertainment (United Kingdom)[1]
Kino Świat (Poland)[2]
Release dates
  • 11 May 2018 (2018-05-11) (Poland)
  • 29 May 2018 (2018-05-29) (United States)
  • 17 August 2018 (2018-08-17) (United Kingdom)
Running time
93 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • Poland
LanguageEnglish

The Last Witness is a British-Polish thriller film directed by Piotr Szkopiak based on a stage play by Paul Szambowski.

The film stars Alex Pettyfer, Robert Więckiewicz, Talulah Riley, Michael Gambon, Will Thorp, Henry Lloyd-Hughes and Gwilym Lee.[3] The film was released in Poland by Kino Świat on 156 screens on 11 May 2018, in the United States by Momentum Pictures on 29 May 2018 and through video on demand by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment beginning on 5 June 2018.[4] It was released in the United Kingdom by Signature Entertainment on 17 August 2018. It won 44 festival awards and was screened at film festivals around the world including in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Toronto & Sydney.

The film deals with the impact of the political intrigue surrounding the Katyn Massacre on Polish servicemen and women in the UK after the Second World War.

Plot

A young, ambitious journalist risks love, career and ultimately his life to uncover the true identity of an Eastern European refugee and his connection to the British Government's collusion in the cover-up of the Katyn massacre, one of Stalin's most notorious crimes.[5]

Cast

Release

The Last Witness was released in Poland by Kino Świat on 11 May 2018, in the United States by Momentum Pictures on 29 May 2018 and in the United Kingdom by Signature Entertainment on 17 August 2018.

References

  1. ↑ "The Last Witness (2018)". BBFC. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Film #80843: The Last Witness". Lumiere. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  3. ↑ Alex Pettyfer to lead Katyn thriller 'The Last Witness' Retrieved 17 October 2017
  4. ↑ "The Last Witness". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Brit-Polish film about Katyń massacre released". Retrieved 15 September 2019.


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