The Last Days

1998

Action / Documentary / War

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 91% · 23 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 91% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.9/10 10 6519 6.5K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

James Moll Photo
James Moll

Top cast

Hermann Göring Photo
Hermann Göring as Self - Walks with Hitler
Adolf Hitler Photo
Adolf Hitler as Self - Führer und Reichskanzler
Hans Frank Photo
Hans Frank as Self
Renee Firestone Photo
Renee Firestone as Self - Holocaust Survivor
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802.23 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
PG-13
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23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
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804.14 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
PG-13
Subtitles us   ar   cn   hr   cz   dk   nl   fi   fr   de   gr   il   hu   id   it   ja   kr   ms   no   pl   pt   ro   ru   es   sv   th   tr   uk   vi  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 1
1.45 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
PG-13
Subtitles us   ar   cn   hr   cz   dk   nl   fi   fr   de   gr   il   hu   id   it   ja   kr   ms   no   pl   pt   ro   ru   es   sv   th   tr   uk   vi  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds ...
1.46 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
PG-13
Subtitles us   ar   cn   hr   cz   dk   nl   fi   fr   de   gr   il   hu   id   it   ja   kr   ms   no   pl   pt   ro   ru   es   sv   th   tr   uk   vi  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by badelf 9 / 10

Putting aside how significantly important it is for

Putting aside how significantly important it is for us to remember the past in order for us to have a better future; and how impressive to have the personal voices of Holocaust survivors - I love the way James Moll constructed a time slice of history by the splicing these memories of together.
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Reviewed by MartinHafer 10 / 10

Exceptional and difficult to watch...

"The Last Days" is an exceptional film where five Hungarian Holocaust survivors tell their stories of their lives under the Nazis. Unlike other documentaries, these Jews did not experience any of this persecution until their country was annexed by the Germans in 1944. Their stories begin in 1944 and they recount the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps. Additionally, corroborating accounts from American soldiers and a German doctor working at Auschwitz were included as well as lots of archival photos and film. In many ways, this film is like going to a Holocaust center and listening to accounts of the survivors. Despite this film being very well made and quite moving, it's a case of preaching to the choir. In other words, those who are not insane or stupid and acknowledge that the Germans slaughtered millions will watch this film and appreciate it. Others probably won't watch it or else they'll dismiss the film as propaganda or an exaggeration or a conspiracy. Frankly, there isn't much you can do with this group. In the future, after successive generations have come and gone, this film will prove invaluable as a record of the Nazi horrors. But, since it only consists of five subjects, the film is naturally incomplete. Other films, such as "Shoah" and "Night and Fog" help to provide a more thorough story and are all worth seeing--but are also very draining. These are all exceptional films--just be sure you have some Kleenex handy as you watch.
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