Hotel Rwanda vs Katyn
Hotel Rwanda has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.7/10 for Katyn). Hotel Rwanda is the shorter watch at 2h 1m compared with 2h 2m. Hotel Rwanda is the older of the two (2004 against 2007). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hotel Rwanda
Katyn| Hotel Rwanda | Katyn | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2007 |
| Length | 2h 1m | 2h 2m |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Terry George | Andrzej Wajda |
| Main cast | Don Cheadle, Joaquin Phoenix, Cara Seymour, Nick Nolte, David O'Hara | Danuta Stenka, Sergey Garmash, Maja Ostaszewska, Paweł Małaszyński, Magdalena Cielecka |
Synopsis
Hotel Rwanda
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
Katyn
On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two fronts, is defeated. Thousands of Polish men, both military and government officials, are captured by the invaders. Their fate will only be known several years later.
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