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POLAND · 1948

The Last Stage

Wanda Jakubowska
Holocaust survival family separation dehumanization witnessing atrocity
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Synopsis

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.

Year1948
CountryPoland
DirectorWanda Jakubowska
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