---
title: 'The Last Stage (1948)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Wanda Jakubowska'
released: '1948-03-28'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Poland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-last-stage-1948'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040674/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Last Stage (1948)

1948 · 104 min · Drama · Poland

Original title: Die letzte Etappe

## Synopsis

The Last Stage is a 1948 Polish historical drama film directed by Wanda Jakubowska and written by Jakubowska and Gerda Schneider, 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".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Wanda Jakubowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/wanda-jakubowska)
- **Screenplay:** [Wanda Jakubowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/wanda-jakubowska), [Gerda Schneider](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerda-schneider)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roman Palester](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-palester)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bentsion Monastyrsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/bentsion-monastyrsky)

## Cast

- [Tatyana Guretskaya](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatyana-guretskaya)
- [Tadeusz Bartosik](https://cinepixo.com/people/tadeusz-bartosik)
- [Huguette Faget](https://cinepixo.com/people/huguette-faget)
- [Zofia Mrozowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/zofia-mrozowska)
- [Igor Śmiałowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/igor-smia-owski)
- [Alina Janowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/alina-janowska)
- [Aleksandra Śląska](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandra-slaska)

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