War ·Drama ·Thriller · Hungary · 2015 · 1h 47m

Son of Saul

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Director
László Nemes
Cast
Géza Röhrig as Saul Ausländer Levente Molnár as Abraham Urs Rechn as Eli Biederman Todd Charmont as Bearded Prisoner Jerzy Walczak as Rabbi Frankel Balázs Farkas as Saul's Son
Crew
Mátyás Erdély — Director of Photography Matthieu Taponier — Editor László Melis — Original Music Composer László Nemes — Screenplay Clara Royer — Screenplay Gábor Sipos — Producer
Synopsis

In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son, seeking to give him a proper Jewish burial.

Trailer Son of Saul — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
László Nemes Director Mátyás Erdély Director of Photography Matthieu Taponier Editor László Melis Original Music Composer László Nemes Screenplay Clara Royer Screenplay Gábor Sipos Producer Gábor Rajna Producer László Rajk Production Design Edit Szücs Costume Design
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