Fateless (2005)

6.9/10 • 140 min • War Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Marcell Nagy

György Köves

Béla Dóra

Smoker

Áron Dimény

Bandi Citrom

Péter Fancsikai

Older Kollmann boy

Zsolt Dér

Rozi

Dani Szabó

Moskovich

Tibor Mertz

Fodor

Péter Vida

Lénárt

Endre Harkányi

Old Kollmann

Daniel Craig

US sergeant

József Gyabronka

Balszerencsés

Szabolcs Thuróczy

SS Soldier

Máté Haumann

SS Soldier

Ernő Fekete

Inspector

Piroska Molnár

Terka

Rajhona Ádám

Mr. Steiner

Károly Nemcsák

German officer

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