The Last Days


1h 26m 1998

Brief Synopsis

Five Hungarian Holocaust survivors, all now US citizens, return to their hometowns and to the sites of concentration camps. Three were sent to Auschwitz or Bergen-Belsen, one stayed underground, in a safe house in Budapest, and one worked to save Jews by delivering Wallenberg's fake passports before

Film Details

Also Known As
Derniers jours, Last Days, Les Derniers jours
MPAA Rating
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1998
Distribution Company
OCTOBER; October Films
Location
Germany; Hungary

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 26m

Synopsis

Five Hungarian Holocaust survivors, all now US citizens, return to their hometowns and to the sites of concentration camps. Three were sent to Auschwitz or Bergen-Belsen, one stayed underground, in a safe house in Budapest, and one worked to save Jews by delivering Wallenberg's fake passports before he was caught and sent to Buchenwald.

Film Details

Also Known As
Derniers jours, Last Days, Les Derniers jours
MPAA Rating
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1998
Distribution Company
OCTOBER; October Films
Location
Germany; Hungary

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 26m

Award Wins

Best Documentary Feature

1998

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States February 1999

Released in United States October 1998

Released in United States on Video August 10, 1999

Released in United States Winter February 5, 1999

Re-released in United States March 26, 1999

Shown at Berlin International Film Festival February 10-21, 1999.

Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival October 1-11, 1998.

Released in United States February 1999 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival February 10-21, 1999.)

Released in United States Winter February 5, 1999

Re-released in United States March 26, 1999 (Quad Cinema; New York City)

Released in United States on Video August 10, 1999

Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival October 1-11, 1998.)