Le Dernier des injustes (2013) Directed by Claude Lanzmann
Documentary
aka: The Last of the Unjust
Film Synopsis
In Rome in 1975, the director Claude Lanzmann filmed Benjamin
Murmelstein, the last leader of the Jewish ghetto of
Theresienstadt. In 1938, after Germany had annexed Austria,
Murmelstein began his fight against Adolf Eichmann, and over the next
seven years he managed to save 121 thousand Jews from the
Holocaust. In 2012, Lanzmann, now 87, returns to Theresienstadt,
the model ghetto given by Hitler to the Jews to deceive the
world...
Cinematographer: Caroline Champetier, William Lubtchansky
Cast: Benjamin Murmelstein (Himself),
Claude Lanzmann (Himself)
Country: France / Austria
Language: German / French / English
Support: Black and White / Color
Runtime: 220 min
Aka:The Last of the Unjust
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