Der letzte Mentsch (2014) Marcus is a survivor of Theresienstadt and Auschwitz. His survival strategy after the war was total oblivion. But now the past catches up with him and he wants to be buried as a Jew among ...

Marcus (Mario Adorf) is a survivor of Terezin and Auschwitz. His survival strategy after the war was forgetting. But now as the past catches up with him, he wants to be buried as a Jew with his family. But to his surprise, he first has to prove that he ever was a Jew.

The last man (German: Letzter Mensch) is a term used by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche in Thus Spoke Zarathustra to describe the antithesis of his theorized superior being, the Übermensch, whose imminent appearance is heralded by Zarathustra. The last man is tired of life, takes no risks, and seeks only comfort and security.

The unlikely duo sets out on a road trip to a small village on the Hungarian-Romanian border, a journey that will irrevocably change them both. ...The Last Mentsch ( Der letzte Mentsch )

Born Mena’hem Teitelbaum, Marcus Schwarz has denied his Jewish heritage all his life. After surviving the horrors of Auschwitz, he sought to forget the trauma by creating a new identity for himself in Germany, one without Jewish friends or ties. Now faced with his own mortality, he suddenly decides he wants to be buried in a Jewish cemetery.

The European film Der letzte Mentsch (2014) was shown in the U.S. with the title The Last Mentsch. (Note: The Yiddish word Mentsch or Mensch literally means human being. However, in Yiddish, it often carries the connotation of an honorable, decent, caring human being.)

Der Letzte Mentsch Director Pierre-Henry Salfati Country France, Germany, Switzerland Year 2014 language German, English, Hebrew, Hungarian and Yiddish with English subtitles

a film by Pierre-Henry Salfati, starring Mario Adorf, Katharina Derr, Hannelore Elsner.

The Last Mentsch/ Der Letzte Mentsch. 251 likes. ATLAS INTERNATIONAL presents an elsani film production in coproduction with Fama Film AG, Sequioa Films, Mamoko Entertainment, Westdeutscher Rundfunk...