Back Апошні этап Byelorussian Апошні этап BE-X-OLD Die Letzte Etappe Welsh Die letzte Etappe (1948) German Τελευταίο Στάδιο Greek The Last Stage Spanish مرحله پایانی Persian La Dernière Étape French Վերջին էտապ Armenian The Last Stage ID
| The Last Stage | |
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 Front cover of Polish Film Magazine Nr. 36 with actors from the movie "The Last Stage" | |
| Directed by | Wanda Jakubowska |
| Written by | Wanda Jakubowska Gerda Schneider |
| Starring | Barbara Drapinska |
| Cinematography | Bentsion Monastyrsky |
| Distributed by | Film Polski |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 min. / 110 min. (US) |
| Country | Poland |
| Languages | Polish, German, Russian |
The Last Stage (Polish: Ostatni etap) is a 1948 Polish historical drama film directed and co-written by Wanda Jakubowska, depicting her experiences in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.[1] The film was one of the early cinematic efforts to describe the Holocaust. Jakubowska’s film influenced subsequent directors that dealt with the subject, including Alain Resnais, Gillo Pontecorvo and Steven Spielberg.[2] In film criticism, it is often referred to as "the mother of all holocaust films".[3][4][5]
It was Jakubowska's first theatrically-released film and was both a commercial and critical success.[5] It was seen by more than 7.8 million people in Poland and exported to dozens of countries.[5] It also won a BAFTA Award for Best Film from Any Source in 1950.[6]
- ^ Reimer, R.C.; Reimer, C.J. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Holocaust Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. xvii. ISBN 978-0-8108-7986-7.
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- ^ “The Last Stage” by Wanda Jakubowska (1948) Film Screening with Marek Haltof UC San Diego Library. 2021
- ^ a b c RETURN TO AUSCHWITZ: WANDA JAKUBOWSKA'S "THE LAST STAGE" (1948) The Polish Review. Vol. 55, No. 1 (2010)
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