Astro

Released on: 2005-02-10

Sorstalanság

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.

War

Drama

Production Companies:

Hungarian Motion Picture Ltd.

Magic Media Inc.

EuroArts

Renegade Films

Hungarian Television

MDR

Cinema Soleil

Eurimages

Hungarian Historic Foundation