The Last Days
Five Hungarian Jewish survivors retrace the final phase of the Holocaust, transforming unbearable testimony into an act of remembrance and human resilience.
Overview
A haunting exploration of survival amidst unimaginable horror during the Holocaust.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- harrowing
- solemn
- intimate
- history study
- holocaust remembrance
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as an important, powerful, and educational survivor-centered record of the Holocaust, strengthened by its testimony and archival construction.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Five Hungarian Jewish survivors recount imprisonment, deportation, and survival in their own voices.
The film structures the Holocaust in Hungary around the experiences of five named survivors rather than an abstract chronology.
Survivor accounts are interwoven with photographs, archival footage, soldiers' recollections, and historians' commentary.
Its central historical thesis examines the Nazi diversion of resources toward exterminating Hungarian Jews in late 1944.
Films like The Last Days, and why
Shoah
Holocaust testimony, archival documentation, and survivor-centered historical witness
Night and Fog
survivor testimony, Holocaust remembrance, and documentary realism
The Sorrow and the Pity
personal Holocaust testimony combined with historical investigation and moral seriousness
Movie Details
- Director
- James Moll
- Release Date
- 1998-10-23
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 (105)
Cast
- Bill Basch
- Martin Basch
- Randolph Braham
- Alice Lok Cahana
- Renee Firestone
- Irene Zisblatt
- Tom Lantos
- Michael Cahana
- Warren Dunn
- Bernard Firestone
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Last Days about?
- Five Hungarian Jewish survivors retrace the final phase of the Holocaust, transforming unbearable testimony into an act of remembrance and human resilience.
- What is The Last Days like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Last Days as measured, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Last Days violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Last Days as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Last Days?
- Critics broadly regard the film as an important, powerful, and educational survivor-centered record of the Holocaust, strengthened by its testimony and archival construction.
- Which films are like The Last Days?
- Films with a similar feel include Shoah, Night and Fog, and The Sorrow and the Pity.
- How long is The Last Days?
- The Last Days runs 87 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Last Days?
- In United States, The Last Days streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
