| The Last Stage | |
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| Directed by | Wanda Jakubowska |
| Written by | Wanda Jakubowska Gerda Schneider |
| Starring | Tatjana Gorecka Antonina Gorecka Barbara Drapinska |
| Release date(s) | 1947 |
| Running time | 81 min. / 110 min. (USA) |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
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The Last Stage (Pl. Ostatni etap) was a 1947 Polish feature 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 earliest cinematic efforts to describe the Holocaust, and it is still quoted extensively by succeeding directors, including Steven Spielberg in Schindler's List.
The film is generally considered a reliable document for a number of reasons, not least because Jakubowska herself was imprisoned in the camp and because it was shot on location, before most of the camp was destroyed or converted into a memorial. Critics argue, however, that the director introduced a cinematic language to her work, adding elements of questionable accuracy. For example, the trains with deportees are shown arriving at night, while most of the trains arrived during the day.
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