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Fateless

6.9/10
TMDB93 votes
Original: 140 min

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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About Fateless

You can close your eyes. You can turn away. But you will never forget.

Fateless (2005) is a film in the war, drama genres. Directed by . The cast includes Marcell Nagy, Béla Dóra, Bálint Péntek, Áron Dimény.

Released
Original language
Runtime
140 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
Germany, United Kingdom, Hungary, Austria
Production companies
Magic Media, Renegade Films, Hungarian Motion Picture, EuroArts, Hungarian Television, MDR, Andras Hamori Productions
Directors
Writers
Imre Kertész

Fateless cast & characters

Audience reviews

6.9/10 from 93 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

Andres Gomez

TMDB member review

An interesting movie about the personal experience of a Hungarian Jew during the Holocaust. Still, you cannot really empathize with the weird apathetic personality of the main character until the last reflections of the movie.

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What is Fateless about?

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.

Who stars in Fateless?

Marcell Nagy, Béla Dóra, Bálint Péntek, Áron Dimény, Péter Fancsikai, Zsolt Dér. See the cast cards above for character names.

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