The Long Way Home
1997 · Movie · 120 min · ★ 7.1 · 95% critics
This documentary follows Jewish refugees in the years after World War II, tracing the harsh uncertainty of displacement, the struggle to find safety, and the growing push toward a new homeland. Using archival material, it looks at how liberation was only the start of another difficult journey.
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Details
- Years
- 1997
- Release date
- 1997-09-19
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (14 votes)
About
If you value serious historical documentaries like Anne Frank Remembered or The Last Days, this offers a moving look at displacement and survival; Not for you if you want a balanced, multi-sided political history.
Pros: powerful historical scope; striking archive footage; emotionally affecting | Cons: one-sided perspective; limited context; overly simplistic framing
Themes
- nazi
- holocaust (shoah)
- based on true story
- jewish
- documentary
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 1998
Cast & crew
Morgan Freeman
as Narrator (voice)
Ed Asner
as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
Sean Astin
as Earl G. Harrison, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization (voice)
Martin Landau
as (voice)
Miriam Margolyes
as (voice)
David Paymer
as (voice)
Nina Siemaszko
as (voice)
Helen Slater
as (voice)
Michael York
as (voice)
Directed by Mark Jonathan Harris