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Son of Saul

Year
2015
Director
László Nemes
Runtime
107 min
Genre
War, Drama, Thriller
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Synopsis

In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son, seeking to give him a proper Jewish burial.

Festival record

  • CAN 15 · Grand Prix, Jury Prize
  • LFF 15

Cannes 2015: Grand Prix, Jury Prize.

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Cast

  • Géza RöhrigSaul Ausländer
  • Levente MolnárAbraham
  • Urs RechnEli Biederman
  • Todd CharmontBearded Prisoner
  • Jerzy WalczakRabbi Frankel
  • Balázs FarkasSaul's Son
  • Gergö FarkasSaul's Son
  • Sándor ZsótérDr. Miklós Nyiszli
  • Marcin CzarnikFeigenbaum
  • Levente OrbánRussian Prisoner

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