The Last Days

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The Last Days
Directed by James Moll
Produced by June Beallor
Kenneth Lipper
Release date(s) United States October 23, 1998 (LA only)
United States February 5, 1999 (limited)
Australia July 15, 1999
Hungary September 9, 1999
United Kingdom 8 October 1999
New Zealand December 16, 1999
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 Holocaust. It focuses on the horrors of life in the 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]

Survivors featured in the film:

-Bill Basch

-Irene Zisblatt

-Rene Firestone

-Alice Lok Cahana

-Tom Lantos

-Dario Gabbai

-Randolph Braham

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