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10/02/2005 War, Drama 2h 20m
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You can close your eyes. You can turn away. But you will never forget.

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.

  1. Lajos Koltai

    Director

  2. Imre Kertész

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Marcell Nagy

    György Köves

  2. Béla Dóra

    Smoker

  3. Bálint Péntek

    Pretty boy

  4. Áron Dimény

    Bandi Citrom

  5. Péter Fancsikai

    Older Kollmann boy

  6. Zsolt Dér

    Rozi

  7. András M. Kecskés

    Finn

  8. Dani Szabó

    Moskovich

  9. Tibor Mertz

    Fodor

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Reviews

A review by Andres Gomez
Written by Andres Gomez on 2013-10-12
An interesting movie about the personal experience of a Hungarian Jew during the Holocaust.

Still, you cannot really empathize with the weird apathetic personality of the main character until the last reflections of the movie.
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Status
Released

Original Language
Hungarian

Budget
$250,000.00

Revenue
$2,512,009.00

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