Fateless

Sorstalansag
Director: Lajos Koltai
Hungary/Germany/UK 2005 140 mins
Language: Hungarian, English, German with English subtitles

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'Profoundly moving' Variety
'Superb performances' The Guardian

Gripping and powerful drama based on the novel by Imre Kertesz, 2002 Nobel Prize laureate

Gyuri Köves (Marcell Nagy), a 14 year old Hungarian Jewish boy whose father has been ordered to report to a forced-labour camp in 1944 Budapest, follows a well meaning neighbour's advice and travels by bus rather than train to work, at a brick factory on the outskirts of the city. The bus is stopped and a policeman orders Jews off the bus and Gyuri is soon en route to Auschwitz, as the authorities round up dozens of Jews for deportation.

His existence becomes a surreal adventure in adversity and adaptation, and he is never quite sure if he is the victim of his captors, or of an absurd and eccentric fate. He is befriended by fellow Jewish prisoner, Bandi Citrom but nothing can shield him from the realities of the concentration camps - except an acceptance of his lot. Vast in scale, yet boasting a remarkable historical detail, and with a sweeping score by Ennio Morricone, this is a true testament to the resilience of the human spirit.

'A haunting and unforgettable movie' Toronto Star

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