The Last Days

"Everything you're about to see is true."

Jul 15 1999 PG-13 1h 27m
Documentary, War

Five Jewish Hungarians, now US citizens, tell their stories: before March 1944, when Nazis began to exterminate Hungarian Jews, months in concentration camps, and visiting childhood homes more than 50 years later. An historian, a Sonderkommando, a doctor who experimented on Auschwitz prisoners, and US soldiers who were part of the liberation in April 1945.

Plot

In late 1944, even as they faced imminent defeat, the Nazis expended enormous resources to kill or deport over 425,000 Jews during the "cleansing" of Hungary. This Oscar-winning documentary, executive produced by Steven Spielberg, focuses on the plight of five Hungarian Jews who survived imprisonment in Auschwitz. Though these survivors recount the horrors they witnessed and endured as a result of the Nazis' "Final Solution," their individual triumphs are a testament to hope and humanity.

Written by

N/A

Directed by

James Moll

Cast

Bill Basch, Martin Basch, Randolph Braham

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Ken Lipper/June Beallor Production, Shoah Foundation, Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation

Languages

Magyar, English, Deutsch

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 1 win & 3 nominations total

Trailers
The Last Days Trailer (2021 Remastered)
Scores
# of Votes
6,472
Average Rating
7.9 out of 10
Metascore
85
Popularity
NA