La Derniere Lettre
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| Initial release | France |
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| Directors | Frederick Wiseman |
| Cinematography | Giorgos Arvanitis |
| Cast | Catherine Samie |
| Screenplay | Frederick Wiseman |
| Véronique Aubouy | |
| Producers | Frederick Wiseman |
| Pierre-Olivier Bardet | |
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| ID | 2087820 |
About La Derniere Lettre
Based in part on a novel by Vasily Grossman and on a previous stage production by director Frederick Wiseman, this film follows a Jewish doctor, Anna Semionova (Catherine Samie), who is awaiting her grim fate: the Nazis are about to storm her Ukrainian ghetto and ship its residents to concentration camps. Dr. Semionova devotes her final hours to composing a letter to her son expressing her love for him and her renewed embrace of her Jewish heritage, as well as her fear of dying. …
