FATELESS aka SORSTALANSaG
Year: 2005
USA: ThinkFilm
UK: Dogwoof Pictures
Cast: Marcell Nagy, aron Dimeny Andras M Kecskes, Andras M Kecskes, Daniel Craig, Bela Dóra, Balint Pentek, Peter Fancsikai, Zsolt Der, Dani Szabó, Tibor Mertz, Peter Vida, Endre Harkanyi, Marton Brezina, Zoltan Bukovszki, Gabor Nyiri, Jenö Nagy, Bence Bihari, Patrik Holzmuller, Jakab Pilaszanovich, Zoltan Tóth, Peter Bryja, Krisztian Köles, Gergely Meszaros, Sandor ifj. Kőmives, Istvan Göz, Miklós Szekely B, Bela Spindler, Antal Cserna, eva Vandor, Andras Szegö, Laszló Joó, Istvan Uri, Geza Schramek, György Bősze, György Hunyadkurthy, József Kelemen, Istvan Meszaros, Orsolya Tóth, Ildikó Molnar, Zoltan Bezeredy, Zsolt Laszló, Zoltan Varga, Peter Vallai, Gabor Mate, David Szanitter, Judith Schell, Attila Magyar, Zoltan Bereczky, Ferenc Lengyel, József Szarvas, Csaba Gieler, Karoly Nemcsak, Janos Ban, Sandor Halmagyi, Laszló Mehes, József Gyabronka, Zsolt Kovacs, Adrien Tancos, Krisztina Biró, Szabolcs Thuróczy, Sara Herrer, Kati Lazar, Miklós Benedek, Lajos Kulcsar, Denes Bernath, Andrea Ladanyi, Gergely Kocsis, Peter Haumann, György Barkó, adam Rajhona, Bela Paudits, Maciej Chichocki, Attila Dolmany, Attila Beszterczei, György Gazsó, Zoltan Dózsa, Laszló ifj. Jaszai, aron Öze, Olga Koós, Piroska Molnar, Marta Bakó, Vilmos Kun, Istvan Komlós, Andrea Szotak, Judit Meszlery, Ildikó Kishonti, Laszló Baranyi, Sandor Zsóter, Tamas Dunai, Pal Oberfrank, Andor Lukats, Lajos Kovacs, Frank-Michael Köbe, Laszló Kövesdi, Ildikó Tóth, Gaspar Meses, Luca Seres, Jusztin Balassi, Ernő Fekete, Geza Balkay, Geza Tóth, Zoltan Barabas Kis, Jenő Kiss, Peter Szokolai, József Lukacs, Istvan Rimóczy, Richard Peter, Anita Tóth, agnes Olasz, Mari Csomós, Anikó Gruiz, Laszló Jambor, Szabolcs Ruszina, Krisztian Kolovratnik, Gabor Ferenczi, Andras Suranyi, Andras Salamon, Mate Haumann
Director: Lajos Koltai
Country: Hungary
Language: Hungarian (English subtitles)
USA & UK: 140 mins
USA Rated: R for some disturbing Holocaust images including nudity, and brief strong language
UK Certificate: 12A contains strong language and moderate Holocaust imagery
USA Release Date: 6 January 2006 (Limited Release - New York)
UK Release Date: 12 May 2006 (Limited Release - wider)
UK Release Date: 5 May 2006 (Limited Release - London and Scotland)
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Synopsis
FATELESS is a deeply moving tale of a Hungarian Jewish boy and his quest for the meaning of his past. It screened in Official Selection at the 2005 Berlin Film Festival.
Based on the 2002 Nobel prize-winning novel by Imre Kertesz, FATELESS chronicles the attempts of 14-year-old Gyuri Koves to reconcile the unimaginable horror of having been incarcerated in German concentration camps. On his return to Budapest Gyuri finds those around him treat him with indifference.
His friends and neighbours encourage him to put the past behind him, while an intellectual sympathetic to the personal and political terror of his past repeatedly refers to the camps as "the lowest circle of Hell". Gyuri finds neither comfort nor meaning in these cliches.