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THE LAST LETTER

by Frederick Wiseman

synopsis

Anna Semionovna was a Russian Jewish doctor from a small Ukrainian village. The Last Letter was the one she wrote in 1941 to her son, a famous physician who lived far from the front lines in a Soviet scientific institution. She wrote it a few days before she was killed, like all the other Jews of the town, by the Germans.

international title: The Last Letter
original title: La Dernière Lettre
country: France, United States
sales agent: Playtime
year: 2002
genre: fiction
directed by: Frederick Wiseman
film run: 61'
release date: FR 13/11/2002
screenplay: Véronique Aubouy, Frederick Wiseman
cast: Catherine Samie
cinematography by: Yorgos Arvanitis
film editing: Luc Barnier, Frederick Wiseman
art director: Marc Marmier
producer: Pierre-Olivier Bardet
production: Idéale Audience, Zipporah Films, Arte France Cinéma
backing: Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC)
distributor: Ad Vitam

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