

The Last Stage
Poland, during World War II. Martha Weiss, a Jewish woman, arrives at the Auschwitz extermination camp with her family. She is assigned the role of interpreter, but her loved ones are much less fortunate.
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- Language
- French
- holocaust (shoah)
- world war ii
- auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp
- concentration camp prisoner
- based on true story
- semi-documentary
- woman director
- communists
- polish history
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical21 Mar 1949
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical24 Oct 1951
FinlandFI
- Theatrical10 Feb 1950
FranceFR
- Theatrical24 Sept 1948
- PremiereLumière Film Festival11 Oct 2020
GermanyDE
- Theatrical23 Mar 1951
GreeceGR
- TheatricalRe-release17 Aug 2023
HungaryHU
- Theatrical3 Mar 1949
ItalyIT
- PremiereVenice International Film Festival2 Sept 1948
JapanJP
- Theatrical21 Aug 1955
MexicoMX
- Theatrical26 Jan 1961
PolandPL
- Theatrical28 Mar 1948
- TV22 Aug 1956
- PremiereGdynia Film Festival9 Dec 2020
RussiaSU
- Theatrical25 May 1949
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The Last Stage was released on 28 March 1948.
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CinemaSerf
2/5/2024
Director Wanda Jakubowska was, herself, interred in Auschwitz during the latter stages of WWII, and so is uniquely placed to tell us the story of "Marta" (a stirring effort from Barbara Drapinski). A Jewish woman who is sent for slaughter to this infamous camp, but whom - by a curious twist of fate - is selected to interpret for the Nazis. That may spare her, but she must watch her family and countless others live li…
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