The Last Witness

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The Last Witness

2018

1h 33m

Mystery & Thriller

History

Drama

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An ambitious young journalist uncovers the horrific slaughter of 22,000 Polish officers during World War II, a secret kept hidden for far too many years.

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Tori Brazier

Flickering Myth

The Last Witness provides an intriguing slice of history ... but more nuance and detail in the execution and story would have offered the audience far greater satisfaction.

Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 25, 2021

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

The Last Witness tells an important story that needs to be told and know but ultimately is a lackluster film that feels like it drags on even at its 1 hour and 33 minutes runtime.

Rated: 2.5/5

Apr 12, 2020

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Louis Proyect

Counterpunch.org

A reminder of how England helped to suppress reports about Stalin's murder of 22,000 Poles in 1940 when it was politically expedient.

Jun 1, 2018

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Nathanael Hood

The Young Folks

The Last Witness is similarly incapable of directly facing the slaughter, choosing instead to give glimpses of the trauma it left on the few survivors and only featuring, at most, five minutes of reenactments.

Rated: 6/10

May 31, 2018

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Jared Mobarak

The Film Stage

[Szkopiak's] familial connection to the tragedy should render it personal yet it never transcends [its lead's] narrative journey to project its inherent horror's raw emotions.

Rated: C

May 30, 2018

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

The underlying historical material for Szkopiak's film is fascinating, but the attempt to mold it into an old-fashioned cinematic thriller proves misguided.

Rated: C+

May 29, 2018

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Graham H

This movie has everything: A terrible script Unsympathetic characters Diabolical acting This was a story that could have been turned into a great movie. I am sure that, before he died, Michael Gambon regretted having anything to do with it.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/26/24

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tom m

Don't bother. I think I'm weary of watching films centered on profound societal injustices.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

A great cerebral, non formulaic, movie about a little known, dark event of WW2. Well acted!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

Given the horror of the story one might have expected more tension. Too much unexplained Nevertheless it left you wanting to find out more. Perhaps it suffered from a lack of sufficient budget.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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lanfranco c

They missed an opportunity to tell well an important story... Too slow !

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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mauro l

Unadorned staging for a twofold historical event, a massacre and its cover up, which demands to be known. (Mauro Lanari)

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

An ambitious young journalist uncovers the horrific slaughter of 22,000 Polish officers during World War II, a secret kept hidden for far too many years.

Director: Piotr Szkopiak
Producer: Carol Harding
Screenwriter: Paul Szambowski, Piotr Szkopiak
Production Co: Wartime Productions, Vicarious Productions Limited, Dignity Film Finance, Film Poland Productions, Vicarious Productions, Rosevine Films
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, History, Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Streaming): May 29, 2018
Runtime: 1h 33m

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