The Last Days (1998)
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German title | The last days |
Original title | The Last Days |
Country of production | United States |
original language |
English German Hungarian |
Publishing year | 1998 |
length | 87 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 12 |
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Director | James minor |
production |
June Beallor Ken Lipper |
music | Hans Zimmer |
camera | Harris Done |
cut | James minor |
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The last days is the title of a documentary produced in 1998 that deals with the subject of the Holocaust and the persecution of the Jews in the Third Reich .
action
Five surviving Hungarian Jews from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp come back to the place of their martyrdom and give the viewer an insight into the inhumanity and brutality of the Nazis' war of extermination against the Jews in interviews (you can see or hear Bill Basch, Randolph L. Braham , Alice Lok Cahana, Renée Firestone, Dario Gabbai, Tom Lantos and Irene Zisblatt). They also want to clarify the whereabouts of their relatives, who were not selected for forced labor by the ramp in front of their eyes ( selection ), and therefore they are investigating. The former concentration camp doctor Hans Münch also has a say, who gives insight into the cruel mechanisms of the Holocaust from the perspective of a perpetrator. Former US soldiers who were involved in the liberation of the concentration camps are also interviewed.
Archival recordings and photos from the ruins of the crematoria in Auschwitz are shown parallel to the interviews .
Background information
The last few days was produced for the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation , chaired by the well-known director Steven Spielberg .
The film premiered in Los Angeles on October 23, 1998 , and was released in US theaters on February 5, 1999. The film was shown in Germany from March 9, 2000. In the US alone, he grossed $ 419,762 in just under two months.
Awards
Both James Moll , who made his directorial debut with the film, and producer Ken Lipper were awarded the Oscar in the category "Best Documentary" at the 1999 Academy Awards .
Moll was also nominated for his film editing at the Eddie Awards in 1999 in the category Best Editing of a Documentary Film.
Films with the same title
- 1969: The Last Days (Ostatnie dni) - Director: Jerzy Passendorfer
- 1973: The Last Days (Les dernières fiançailles) - Director: Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- 1991: The Last Days (Gli ultimi giorni) - Director: Andrea Molaioli
- 2002–2005: The last days - different directors
- 2013: The Last Days (Los últimos días) - directed by David Pastor, Àlex Pastor
See also
literature
- Steven Spielberg, James Moll: The Last Days. Based on the film by James Moll. vgs, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-8025-2648-1 .
Web links
- The last days in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The last days . In: Kino.de
- The last days . In: Cinema.de