Fateless
(2005)
★ 6.9 IMDb · 92 votes
Year: 2005
Runtime: 140 мин
Country: Germany, United Kingdom
Director: Koltai Lajos
Cast: Nagy Marcell, Dóra Béla, Péntek Bálint, Dimény Áron, Péter Fancsikai, Жольт Дер, M. Kecskés András, Szabó Dani, Mertz Tibor, Vida Péter
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.