Auschwitz: Countdown to Liberation (2025)

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 (55)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

P

Pyotr Cywinski

Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

A

Andrzej Kacorzyk

Deputy director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

J

Jochen Boehler

Director of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust studies

G

Guy Walters

Historian and World War II expert

L

Lidia Maksymowicz

Auschwitz survivor

S

Stefania Wernik

Auschwitz survivor

W

Wladdyslaw Szmyt

Auschwitz survivor

Marian Turski

Holocaust survivor

O

Oleg Mandic

Holocaust survivor

E

Eva Kor

Holocaust survivor

T

Thomas Simon

Holocaust survivor

G

Gene Klein

Holocaust survivor

R

Rene Slotkin

Holocaust survivor

I

Irene Hizme

Holocaust survivor

Z

Zoli-Zvi Schwarz

Holocaust survivor

L

Lusia Haberfeld

Holocaust survivor

D

Dario Gabbai

Holocaust survivor

S

Samuel Modiano

Holocaust survivor

H

Henia Bryer

Holocaust survivor

M

Miriam Ziegler

Holocaust survivor

S

Sally Yassy

Holocaust survivor

Lydia Tischler

Holocaust survivor

A

Alice Lok Cahana

Holocaust survivor

P

Paula Stern

Holocaust survivor

J

Josef Sackar

Holocaust survivor, Sonderkommando

J

Jakob Silderberg

Holocaust survivor, Sonderkommando

S

Schlomo Dragon

Holocaust survivor, Sonderkommando

A

Alexander Vorondsov

Red Army officer/soldier

I

Ivan Martynushkin

Red Army officer/soldier

V

Vasily Gromadsky

Red Army officer/soldier

D

David Dushman

Red Army officer/soldier

M

Moisey Malkis

Red Army officer/soldier

I

Isaak Monastyrsky

Red Army officer/soldier

O

Otari Amaglobely

Red Army officer/soldier

M

Mykola Karpenko

Red Army officer/soldier

K

Karl-Heinz Liesenberg

SS-Unterscharfuehrer

O

Oskar Groening

SS-Unterscharfuehrer

H

Heberhard Heber

SS-Unterscharfuehrer

H

Hans Friedrich

Waffen SS, 1st Infantry Brigade

J

Janina Rochowiak

Eyewitness/Resident of Oswiecim area

J

Jozef Palupnik

Eyewitness/Resident of Oswiecim area

M

Marian Domasik

Eyewitness/Resident of Oswiecim area

Massimo De Ambrosis

Narrator (Italian)

Peter Hosking

The Prosecutor

K

Karel Riebel

Nazi soldier with a dog/Mengele's assistant

J

Jan Sperka

Josef Mengele

T

Tomas Hlavsa

Richard Baer

M

Martin Trobl

Rudolf Hoess

K

Kristýna Kučerová

Eva Kor (child)

K

Karolina Kucerova

Miriam Kor (child)

R

Richard Vanek

Mengele's patient

J

Joraslav Anosov

Oleg Mandic (child)

J

Jakub Stupka

SS soldier

A

Aegir Rexxar Vlci Stesti

Dog

A

Anita Serio

Auschwitz nurse

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