Fateless

Fateless

140 mins | Drama, War | Feb. 10, 2005

An 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.

Fateless

140 mins | Drama, War | Feb. 10, 2005

Fateless
An 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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers
Original title Sorstalanság
Directors Lajos Koltai
Writers Imre Kertész

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

Dani Szabó

as Moskovich

Tibor Mertz

as Fodor

Vida Péter

as Lénárt

Endre Harkányi

as Old Kollmann

Márton Brezina

as Younger Kollmann boy

Daniel Craig

as US sergeant

József Gyabronka

as Balszerencsés