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10 February 2005 (Hungary)
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Tagline:
You can close your eyes. You can turn away. But you will never forget.
Plot:
14-year-old György's life is torn apart in World War II Hungary as he is sent to a concentration camp where he is forced to become a man, and learns to find happiness in the midst of hatred, and what it really means to be Jewish. full summary | add synopsis
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a mediocre movie from a great novel
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Marcell Nagy | ... | György Köves | |
| Béla Dóra | ... | Smoker | |
| Bálint Péntek | ... | Pretty boy | |
| Áron Dimény | ... | Bandi Citrom | |
| Péter Fancsikai | ... | Older Kollmann boy | |
| Zsolt Dér | ... | Rozi | |
| András M. Kecskés | ... | Finn | |
| Dani Szabó | ... | Moskovich | |
| Tibor Mertz | ... | Fodor | |
| Péter Vida | ... | Lénárt | |
| Endre Harkányi | ... | Old Kollmann | |
| Márton Brezina | ... | Younger Kollmann boy | |
| Zoltán Bukovszki | ... | Zoli | |
| Gábor Nyiri | ... | Hedge | |
| Jenö Nagy | ... | Jenö |
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Also Known As:
Fateless (Germany) (Berlin film festival title) (International: English title)
Fateless - Roman eines Schicksallosen (Germany)
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Fateless - Roman eines Schicksallosen (Germany)
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Rated R for some disturbing Holocaust images including nudity, and brief strong language.
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USA:140 min | Canada:140 min (Vancouver International Film Festival) | Canada:134 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Argentina:140 min
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There are five concentration camps mentioned. Three are well-known names - Mathausen, Auschwitz, Buchenwald. Ohrdurf (where the accused SS guard was from) was Buchenwald's work outlet, and was otherwise known as the infamous Special Camp III. Zeitz "Wille" was a sub-camp of Buchenwald concentration camp and was erected in Rehmsdorf and Gleina.
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Holdvilágos éjszakán (On a Moonlit Night)
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The original novel is an extraordinary masterpiece. The movie lacks exactly those aspects that make the novel great: the unique interpretation of the Holocaust by a non-religious assimilated Jewish boy from Budapest. I wonder if a more professional screenwriter would have been able to transform the novel into a better movie.
N.B. The author of the novel was the film's screenwriter.
N.B. Had I not read the book, I would have been unable to understand much of the movie.
N.B. I think "fateless" is an inaccurate translation of the Hungarian title "sorstalanság".
Finally, the novel itself is by far the very best one ever written about the Holocaust. Runner-ups: Babi Yar by A. Kuznetsov and Night by Elie Wiesel.