The Last Stage (1948)
March 28, 1948Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Wanda Bartówna
Helene, a teenage prisoner
Huguette Faget
Michele, French prisoner
Tatyana Guretskaya
Eugenia, doctor-prisoner
Antonina Gordon-Górecka
Anna, nurse-prisoner
Wanda Jakubowska
Director
Gerda Schneider
Writer
Barbara Fijewska
Anielka
Roman Palester
Composer
Maria Anna Redlichówna
Urszula
Alina Janowska
Dessa
Bentsion Monastyrsky
Cinematographer
Mariya Vinogradova
Nadya, a nursing aide
Zofia Mrozowska
Gypsy Woman
Barbara Drapińska
Marta Weiss
Stanisław Zaczyk
Tadek
Stefan Śródka
Bronek
Elżbieta Łabuńska
Prisoner #1
Jadwiga Chojnacka
Prisoner #2
Ewa Kunina
Prisoner #3
Barbara Rachwalska
Block Leader Elza
Anna Jaraczówna
Kapo Frieda
Roma Rudecka
Kapo Sauna
Zofia Niwińska
Mrs. Laura
Halina Drohocka
Lalunia
Aleksandra Śląska
Oberaufseherin
Maria Kaniewska
Rapportführerin
Janina Marisówna
Aufseherin
Władysław Brochwicz
Lagerkommandant
Edward Dziewoński
Lagerarzt
Kazimierz Pawłowski
Gestapo Head
Zygmunt Chmielewski
Dignitary
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
First Assistant Director
Jan Rybkowski
Art Direction
Czesław Piaskowski
Production Design
Roman Mann
Production Design
Wilhelm Hollender
Unit Manager
Lidia Pstrokońska
Editor
Tadeusz Karwański
Unit Manager
Karol Chodura
Camera Operator
Jan Radlicz
Sound
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 28, 1948
Original NameOstatni etap
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 47m
Filming Locationswomen's camp, Poland
Genres
Wiki.
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. 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. In film criticism, it is often referred to as "the mother of all holocaust films".It was Jakubowska's first theatrically-released film and was both a commercial and critical success. It was seen by more than 7.8 million people in Poland and exported to dozens of countries. It also won a BAFTA Award for Best Film from Any Source in 1950.