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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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