Auschwitz: Countdown to Liberation

Auschwitz: Countdown to Liberation

Release: 2025 | Community Score: 70%

The last weeks in the Nazi concentration camp revealed through the touching stories of survivors such as Eva Kor and Samuel Modiano. Between suffering and resistance, the documentary explores human courage in inhumane conditions, revealing the hope that flourished even in the darkest moments. A powerful tribute to memory and freedom, essential for not forgetting.

Cast

Pyotr Cywinski

Pyotr Cywinski

Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Andrzej Kacorzyk

Andrzej Kacorzyk

Deputy director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Jochen Boehler

Jochen Boehler

Director of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust studies
Guy Walters

Guy Walters

Historian and World War II expert
Lidia Maksymowicz

Lidia Maksymowicz

Auschwitz survivor
Stefania Wernik

Stefania Wernik

Auschwitz survivor
Wladdyslaw Szmyt

Wladdyslaw Szmyt

Auschwitz survivor
Marian Turski

Marian Turski

Holocaust survivor
Oleg Mandic

Oleg Mandic

Holocaust survivor
Eva Kor

Eva Kor

Holocaust survivor
Thomas Simon

Thomas Simon

Holocaust survivor
Gene Klein

Gene Klein

Holocaust survivor
Rene Slotkin

Rene Slotkin

Holocaust survivor
Irene Hizme

Irene Hizme

Holocaust survivor
Zoli-Zvi Schwarz

Zoli-Zvi Schwarz

Holocaust survivor
Lusia Haberfeld

Lusia Haberfeld

Holocaust survivor
Dario Gabbai

Dario Gabbai

Holocaust survivor
Samuel Modiano

Samuel Modiano

Holocaust survivor
Henia Bryer

Henia Bryer

Holocaust survivor
Miriam Ziegler

Miriam Ziegler

Holocaust survivor
Sally Yassy

Sally Yassy

Holocaust survivor
Lydia Tischler

Lydia Tischler

Holocaust survivor
Alice Lok Cahana

Alice Lok Cahana

Holocaust survivor
Paula Stern

Paula Stern

Holocaust survivor
Josef Sackar

Josef Sackar

Holocaust survivor, Sonderkommando
Jakob Silderberg

Jakob Silderberg

Holocaust survivor, Sonderkommando
Schlomo Dragon

Schlomo Dragon

Holocaust survivor, Sonderkommando
Alexander Vorondsov

Alexander Vorondsov

Red Army officer/soldier
Ivan Martynushkin

Ivan Martynushkin

Red Army officer/soldier
Vasily Gromadsky

Vasily Gromadsky

Red Army officer/soldier
David Dushman

David Dushman

Red Army officer/soldier
Moisey Malkis

Moisey Malkis

Red Army officer/soldier
Isaak Monastyrsky

Isaak Monastyrsky

Red Army officer/soldier
Otari Amaglobely

Otari Amaglobely

Red Army officer/soldier
Mykola Karpenko

Mykola Karpenko

Red Army officer/soldier
Karl-Heinz Liesenberg

Karl-Heinz Liesenberg

SS-Unterscharfuehrer
Oskar Groening

Oskar Groening

SS-Unterscharfuehrer
Heberhard Heber

Heberhard Heber

SS-Unterscharfuehrer
Hans Friedrich

Hans Friedrich

Waffen SS, 1st Infantry Brigade
Janina Rochowiak

Janina Rochowiak

Eyewitness/Resident of Oswiecim area
Jozef Palupnik

Jozef Palupnik

Eyewitness/Resident of Oswiecim area
Marian Domasik

Marian Domasik

Eyewitness/Resident of Oswiecim area
Massimo De Ambrosis

Massimo De Ambrosis

Narrator (Italian)
Peter Hosking

Peter Hosking

The Prosecutor
Karel Riebel

Karel Riebel

Nazi soldier with a dog/Mengele's assistant
Jan Sperka

Jan Sperka

Josef Mengele
Tomas Hlavsa

Tomas Hlavsa

Richard Baer
Martin Trobl

Martin Trobl

Rudolf Hoess
Kristýna Kučerová

Kristýna Kučerová

Eva Kor (child)
Karolina Kucerova

Karolina Kucerova

Miriam Kor (child)
Richard Vanek

Richard Vanek

Mengele's patient
Joraslav Anosov

Joraslav Anosov

Oleg Mandic (child)
Jakub Stupka

Jakub Stupka

SS soldier
Aegir Rexxar Vlci Stesti

Aegir Rexxar Vlci Stesti

Dog
Anita Serio

Anita Serio

Auschwitz nurse