The Last Days (1998) **

Directed by James Moll. This Oscar-winning documentary about Holocaust deliberately avoids any voice-over narration, letting its five protagonists (which include US congressman Tom Lantos from California) to tell their own stories in their own way. The film relies mainly on spontaneous recollections and observations, allowing the survivors to emerge as full-fledged human beings, rather than mere symbols of victimization and suffering.