Overview
A poignant exploration of sacrifice and resilience amidst the horrors of war.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- somber
- tense
- compassionate
- historical film night
- arthouse viewing
What critics said
Critics and audiences broadly regard the film as a moving, serious, historically grounded account of a defining Greek wartime atrocity.
What sets it apart
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The screenplay introduces the prisoners and guards at Chaidari as people with relationships, beliefs, and personal histories before the Kaisariani execution.
Napoleon Soukatzidis is presented as a resistance fighter whose convictions are tested by imprisonment and Nazi reprisals.
The concentration camp setting and the period before May Day create sustained tension through waiting, surveillance, and the looming threat of execution.
The film revisits the May 1, 1944 execution of 200 Greek resistance fighters as a central act of modern Greek historical memory.
Films like The Last Note, and why
The Counterfeiters
historical wartime drama centered on resistance prisoners and moral courage under occupation
Army of Shadows
somber World War II resistance drama emphasizing sacrifice, imprisonment, and historical memory
The Night of the Shooting Stars
European historical drama about civilians confronting fascist repression and collective sacrifice
A Special Day
emotionally restrained anti-fascist war drama focused on prisoners awaiting execution
Movie Details
- Director
- Pantelis Voulgaris
- Release Date
- 2017-10-26
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (45)
Cast
- Andreas Konstantinou
- André Hennicke
- Melia Kreiling
- Tasos Dimas
- Aineias Tsamatis
- Vassilis Koukalani
- Loukas Kyriazis
- Lefteris Lamprakis
- Dimitris Kalogerakis
- Konstantina Chatziathanassiou
Common questions
- What is The Last Note about?
- A solemn Greek wartime drama follows a resistance fighter and his fellow prisoners through the final days before a Nazi reprisal execution.
- What is The Last Note like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Last Note as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Last Note violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Last Note as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Last Note?
- Critics and audiences broadly regard the film as a moving, serious, historically grounded account of a defining Greek wartime atrocity.
- Which films are like The Last Note?
- Films with a similar feel include The Counterfeiters, Army of Shadows, The Night of the Shooting Stars, and A Special Day.
- How long is The Last Note?
- The Last Note runs 106 minutes.
