Fateless (2005)

Original title

Sorstalanság

Directed by

Lajos Koltai

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, Hungary

Runtime

2h 20m

Rated

12

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 91 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage boy is taken from his home and sent to Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps. The story follows his survival and his observations of the world around him.

somberslow-pacedbleakintrospectivehauntingrestrainedvisually starkemotionalcontemplative

What happens

Fateless (Hungarian: Sorstalanság) is a Hungarian film directed by Lajos Koltai, released in 2005. It is based on the semi-autobiographical novel Fatelessness by the Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész, who also wrote the screenplay. It tells the story of a teenage boy who is sent to Auschwitz and Buchenwald. The film's music was composed by Ennio Morricone, and one of its songs was sung by Lisa Gerrard. The film is one of the most expensive ever produced in Hungary, with a cost of $12 million. The film also features British actor Daniel Craig, who plays a cameo as a United States Army sergeant. The film was screened in Hungary and Germany (at Berlinale), at the Telluride Film Festival in Telluride, Colorado as well as the Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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