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  • 1998
  • PG-13
  • October Films
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 1998
  • PG-13
  • October Films
  • 1 h 27 m

Summary 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 ...

Directed By: James Moll

  • 1998
  • PG-13
  • October Films
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 1998
  • PG-13
  • October Films
  • 1 h 27 m

The Last Days

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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Summary 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 ...

Directed By: James Moll

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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8% Mixed
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 25 Critic Reviews
85
92% Positive
23 Reviews
8% Mixed
2 Reviews
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100
Inevitably, The Last Days has its moments of pain. There are just enough glimpses of the camps (some in color) to remind us of the shocking physical conditions. But the sense of dignity these people convey, their resilience in the face of evil, their implicit acceptance of this traumatic and transforming experience, is truly inspirational. [26 Mar 1999]
By John Hartl FULL REVIEW
100
The stories these five people tell are disturbing, powerful, and brave, and the footage discovered by the filmmakers absolutely shocking.
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90
Each person's story is so compelling it is worthy of a feature-length documentary itself. If The Last Days has a flaw, it is that the stories have been so abbreviated to keep the film moving quickly that they feel incomplete.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
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What makes The Last Days stand above the many similar films about the Holocaust and its survivors, though, is the fluidity with which Moll structures and passes through his material. In this, he's ably accompanied by Hans Zimmer's eloquent score and the crisp, simple photography of cinematographer Harris Done. [19 Feb 1999]
By Shawn Levy FULL REVIEW
83
It's an honorable, straightforward, talking-heads-and-old-clips film that sometimes rises to profundity when it touches us deeply. [23 Apr 1999, p.10E]
By Lawrence Toppman FULL REVIEW
75
This is hatred in its purest form. Not a pretty sight, to be sure, but one that is well worth viewing. [04 Jun 1999, p.24]
By Jay Boyar FULL REVIEW
50
But for the most part, The Last Days fails to play as a document of the survivors' lives, or even as their memory of that time. Rather, it feels removed, distant, a document of an attempt to re-create a memory.
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Production Company Ken Lipper/June Beallor production, Shoah Foundation, Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
Release Date Oct 23, 1998
Duration 1 h 27 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Everything you're about to see is true
Website http://www.TheLastDays.com/
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
American Cinema Editors, USA
• 1 Nomination
Online Film & Television Association
• 1 Nomination

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