THE LAST WITNESS (COMPLETED)

 INFO

CAST  Alex Pettyfer (Stormbreaker, I Am Number 4), Talulah Riley (Westworld), Robert Wieckiewicz (True Crimes), Michael Gambon (Harry Potter), Piotr Stramowski
DIRECTOR  Piotr Szkopiak

PRODUCER  Carol Harding

CO PRODUCER  Kris Solek

WRITERS  Paul Szambowski, Piotr Szkopiak

GENRE  Post WII Thriller 

 SYNOPSIS

In post-war England, journalist Stephen Underwood is keen to prove his worth. Working for a local newspaper he spends his days covering weddings and funerals while on the lookout for a story that will catapult him into the big league. When he hears of the suicide of a Polish soldier from a nearby Displaced Persons Camp, his journalistic instincts kick.

Sensing a story, his first port of call is Colonel Janusz Pietrowski, a Liaison Officer for the re-settlement of Polish troops under British command. Their meeting leaves Stephen unsettled – something just doesn’t quite ring true.

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Stephen’s lover is Jeanette Mitchell, a Junior Commander in the Auxiliary Territorial Service working under Captain John Underwood, Stephen’s brother. Trapped in a marriage of convenience with a military intelligence officer, she shares Stephen’s dream of escape.  It is during one of their clandestine meetings that Stephen witnesses a confrontation between a local farmer and a new arrival at the camp, Michael Loboda.

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From here Stephen’s investigation escalates until he finds himself deeply embroiled in a dangerous, multi-layered conspiracy concerning the execution of 22,000 Polish military and civilians by Stalin’s secret police.  

This is a fictional re-imagining of a bloody, heart-breaking, true tale. One that has been covered up for far too long.