Final Account (film)
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- Luke Holland
- John Battsek
- Riete Oord
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| Directed by | Luke Holland |
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| Cinematography | Luke Holland |
| Edited by | Stefan Ronowicz |
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| Distributed by | Focus Features (United States) Universal Pictures (United Kingdom)[1] |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
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| Language | German |
| Box office | $353,077[2] |
Final Account is a 2020 German-language documentary film directed and produced by Luke Holland, who died shortly after post-production was completed on June 10, 2020. The film follows the last living generation of German participants in Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.
Final Account premiered at the 77th Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2020. It was released on May 21, 2021, by Focus Features.
Beginning in 2008, Luke Holland conducted over 300 interviews with witnesses, guards, farmers, soldiers and participants of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.[3] Holland began working on the project after discovering his grandparents were murdered in a concentration camp, and his mother had fled Austria before the Germans arrived.[4] Holland knew that many interviewees were skeptical and hesitant to go on camera because they did not want to share what they knew or were responsible for.[5] In June 2020, Holland died after the film had cleared post-production.[6][7]
Release
The film had its world premiere at the 77th Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2020.[8] In January 2021, Focus Features acquired distribution rights to the film, and set it for a May 21, 2021, release.[1] The film was released in the United Kingdom on 3 December 2021.[9]
