Fateless

Fateless

2h 20m 2005 War, Drama France, Germany, Israel, United Kingdom, United States of America, Hungary
Budget: $250,000 Revenue: $2,512,009

An 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.

Director

Lajos Koltai

Writer

Imre Kertész, Imre Kertész