The Last Stage

Sinopse

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.

7.2
1948
Released
1h 47m

Status

Released

Original Language

Keywords

#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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Reviews

@Geronimo1967almost 2 years ago

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 coun