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The Last Chance (German: Die letzte Chance) is a 1945 Swiss war film directed by Leopold Lindtberg. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prize of the Festival (the Golden Palm). The film was selected for screening as part of the Cannes Classics section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.

Original Release

05/26/1945

US Release

11/27/1945

Cast

Name	Character

Ewart G. Morrison	British Maj. Telford / Major Telford
John Hoy	British Lieutenant John Halliday / British Lt. John Halliday
Ray Reagan	US Sergeant James 'Jim' Braddock / US Sgt. James 'Jim' Braddock
Luisa Rossi	Tonina
Giuseppe Galeati	Wagon Driver / Carrier
Romano Calò	The Priest / Priest
Leopold Biberti
Sigfrit Steiner	Swiss Military Doctor / Military doctor
Emil Gerber	Rüedi - Frontier guard
Therese Giehse	Frau Wittels

(see additional cast & crew)

Directors

Leopold Lindtberg

Writers

Elizabeth Montagu, Leopold Lindtberg, Richard Schweizer, David Wechsler, Alberto Barberis

Cast

Name	Character

Ewart G. Morrison	British Maj. Telford / Major Telford
John Hoy	British Lieutenant John Halliday / British Lt. John Halliday
Ray Reagan	US Sergeant James 'Jim' Braddock / US Sgt. James 'Jim' Braddock
Luisa Rossi	Tonina
Giuseppe Galeati	Wagon Driver / Carrier
Romano Calò	The Priest / Priest
Leopold Biberti
Sigfrit Steiner	Swiss Military Doctor / Military doctor
Emil Gerber	Rüedi - Frontier guard
Therese Giehse	Frau Wittels
Robert Schwarz	Bernhard - Frau Wittels' son
Germaine Tournier	Madame Monnier
Berthe Sakhnowsky	Chanele - Sokolowski's niece
Jean Martin	Dutchman
Carlo Romatko
Keye Chang	1st Mate
Tino Erler
Maurice Sakhnowsky	Hillel Sokolowski
Gertrud ten Cate	Dutchwoman
Renata Italiani	Giuseppe's mother