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Fateless

You can close your eyes. You can turn away. But you will never forget.
Feb 10, 2005 · 2h 20m
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Drama

PLOT

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.

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CAST

Marcell Nagy
György Köves
Béla Dóra
Smoker
Bálint Péntek
Pretty boy
Áron Dimény
Bandi Citrom
Péter Fancsikai
Older Kollmann boy
Zsolt Dér
Rozi
András M. Kecskés
Finn
Dani Szabó
Moskovich
Directed by Lajos Koltai

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
HU
Budget
$250,000
Revenue
$2,512,009
Production
Magic Media, Renegade Films, Hungarian Motion Picture, EuroArts, Hungarian Television, MDR, Andras Hamori Productions
Country
HU

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