The Last Days

For other uses, see Last days (disambiguation).
The Last Days
Directed by James Moll
Produced by June Beallor
Kenneth Lipper
Music by Hans Zimmer
Release dates
  • October 23, 1998 (1998-10-23) (Los Angeles)
  • February 5, 1999 (1999-02-05) (U.S. limited)
  • July 15, 1999 (1999-07-15) (Australia)
  • September 9, 1999 (1999-09-09) (Hungary)
  • October 8, 1999 (1999-10-08) (UK)
Running time
 87 min.
Language English, German and Hungarian

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.[1]

Shoah survivors Bill Basch, Irene Zisblatt, Rene Firestone, Alice Lok Cahana, Tom Lantos, Dario Gabbai who was a Greek Jew from Salonica, and Randolph Braham are featured in the film.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New York Times • The Last Days". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-11-22.

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, April 27, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.