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The Last Days is a film of genre Drama directed by James Moll released in USA on 23 october 1998

The Last Days (1998)

The Last Days
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Released in USA 23 october 1998
Length 1h27
Directed by
Genres Drama,    War,    Documentary,    Historical
Rating78% 3.944653.944653.944653.944653.94465

The Last Days is a documentary, directed by James Moll and produced by June Beallor and Kenneth Lipper in 1998. Steven Spielberg was one of the executive producers, in his role as founder of the Shoah Foundation. The film tells the stories of five Hungarian Jews during the Shoah. It focuses on the horrors of life in the Nazi concentration camps, but also stresses the optimism and desire to survive of the survivors.

The film won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Shoah survivors Bill Basch, Irene Zisblatt, Rene Firestone, Alice Lok Cahana, Tom Lantos, Dario Gabbai, and Randolph Braham are featured in the film.

Synopsis

Le documentaire relate l'histoire de cinq juifs hongrois durant l'holocauste, en s'intéressant notamment à la vie dans les camps de concentration et au désir de vivre des prisonniers.

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