Fateless

Overview

A 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.

Production Companies

Hungarian Motion Picture Ltd.

Magic Media

EuroArts

Renegade Films

Hungarian Television

MDR

Cinema Soleil

Eurimages

Hungarian Historic Foundation

Ingenious Media

The Israel Film Council

MFG Filmförderung

The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports

Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary

Rabinovich Film Fund Cinema Project

Recanati Foundation

Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego