War ·Drama · France · 2005 · 2h 20m

Fateless

Sorstalanság

Director

Cast

Marcell Nagy as György Köves Béla Dóra as Smoker Bálint Péntek as Pretty boy Áron Dimény as Bandi Citrom Péter Fancsikai as Older Kollmann boy Zsolt Dér as Rozi

Crew

Gyula Pados — Director of Photography Hajnal Sellő — Editor Ennio Morricone — Original Music Composer Imre Kertész — Screenplay Imre Kertész — Writer Imre Kertész — Novel

Tagline

You can close your eyes. You can turn away. But you will never forget.

Synopsis

A Hungarian youth comes of age at Buchenwald during World War II. György Köves is 14, the son of a merchant who's sent to a forced labor camp. After his father's departure, György gets a job at a brickyard; his bus is stopped and its Jewish occupants sent to camps. There, György find camaraderie, suffering, cruelty, illness, and death. He hears advice on preserving one's dignity and self-esteem. He discovers hatred. If he does survive and returns to Budapest, what will he find? What is natural; what is it to be a Jew? Sepia, black and white, and color alternate to shade the mood.

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