Directed by:
Lajos KoltaiCinematography:
Gyula PadosComposer:
Ennio MorriconeCast:
Marcell Nagy, Béla Dóra, Bálint Péntek, Áron Dimény, Péter Fancsikai, Zsolt Dér, András M. Kecskés, Dániel Szabó, Péter Vida, Endre Harkányi, Márton Brezina (more)Plots(1)
Set in 1944, as Hitler’s Final Solution becomes policy throughout Europe, Fateless is the semi-autobiographical tale of a 14 year-old Jewish boy from Budapest, who finds himself swept up by cataclysmic events beyond his comprehension. A perfectly normal metropolitan teen who has never felt particularly connected to his religion, he is suddenly separated from his family as part of the rushed and random deportation of his city’s large Jewish population. Brought to a concentration camp, 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 destiny that metes out salvation and suffering arbitrarily. When he returns home after the liberation, he missed the sense of community he experienced in the camps, feeling alienated from both his Christian neighbors who turned a blind eye to his fate, and the Jewish family friends who avoided deportation and who now want to put the war behind them. (official distributor synopsis)
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Sándor Zsótér
Hungary
Best movies:
Hanussen: Hitler's Astrologer (1988)
Fateless (2005)
Son of Saul (2015)
Frank-Michael Köbe
East Germany
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
The Tunnel (2001)
Life Is All You Get (1997)
Antal Cserna
Hungary
Best movies:
Fateless (2005)
Liza, the Fox-Fairy (2015)
Virtually A Virgin (2008)
Jonathan Lee
Best movies:
Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
Fateless (2005)
Péter Szokolai
Hungary
Best movies:
Glass Tiger (2001)
Fateless (2005)
László Umbráth
Hungary
Best movies:
Fateless (2005)
The Round Up (2010)
Spy (2015)