Primo Levi's Journey (2006): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2006, Primo Levi's Journey is a war and documentary film directed by Davide Ferrario, running about 91 minutes.

What it’s about. In February, 1945, Primo Levi (1919-1987) and other Auschwitz survivors set off for home. The journey took more then eight months. Sixty years later, a film crew retraces Levi's steps. Levi's words, mainly from "The Truce" (1963), tell us what he experienced. In turn, we see Poland's hollow post-war factories, nationalism in the Ukraine, Soviet-style Communism in Belarus, the abandoned town of Prypiat (Chernobyl), poverty and emigration from Moldavia, Italian factories in Romania, and on across Hungary and Slovakia to Munich where Levi's rage found no listeners. Then home to Turin. An aged Mario Rigoni Stern remembers his friend. What has changed? Some issues of the war remain unsettled.

Who’s in it. Primo Levi's Journey stars Andrzej Wajda as Self, Mario Rigoni Stern as Self, Chris Cooper as Narrator (voice) (U.S. version) and Umberto Orsini as Narrator (voice) (Italian version).

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.9/10, Primo Levi's Journey has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Primo Levi's Journey page.

If you liked it. Fans of Primo Levi's Journey tend to enjoy Schindler's List, Grave of the Fireflies, The Pianist and Apocalypse Now.