Fateless
“You can close your eyes. You can turn away. But you will never forget.”
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
24 people
Marcell Nagy
György Köves
Known for
1945
Vida Péter
Lénárt
Béla Dóra
Smoker
Also in
Mastergame
Legénybúcsú
Bálint Péntek
Pretty boy
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Thorn Castle
Áron Dimény
Bandi Citrom
Known for
Post Mortem
Péter Fancsikai
Older Kollmann boy
Known for
The Continental: From the World of John Wick
The Company
Zsolt Dér
Rozi
Known for
Strangled
András M. Kecskés
Finn
Also in
Prank
Dani Szabó
Moskovich
Also in
Mansfeld
Tibor Mertz
Fodor
Known for
1945
Péter Vida
Lénárt
Also in
I Spy
Csak színház és más semmi
Endre Harkányi
Old Kollmann
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Mézga Aladár különös kalandjai
Vakáción a Mézga család
Lajos Koltai Director · Imre Kertész Screenplay Ennio Morricone Composer
Worldwide gross $2.5M · Budget $250K · First release February 10, 2005
Box office
Budget
$250,000
Worldwide gross
$2,512,009
Gross vs. budget
10.0×
Production
Magic Media
Production
Renegade Films
Production
Hungarian Motion Picture
Production
EuroArts
Production
Hungarian Television
Production
MDR
Production
Andras Hamori Productions
Production
Germany · Israel · United Kingdom · Hungary · Austria
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Languages
Original title
Sorstalanság
Original language
Hungarian
Spoken on screen
English · German · Hebrew · Hungarian · Polish · Yiddish
Release dates
Hungary · February 10, 2005
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Netherlands
September 7, 2006 · Theatrical
May 31, 2007 · Physical · DVD
Sweden
August 22, 2007 · Physical · DVD
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