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Director: |
Lajos Koltai
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Starring: |
Marcell Nagy, Jenö Nagy, Gábor Nyiri, Zoltán Bukovszki, Márton Brezina, Endre Harkányi, Péter Vida, Tibor Mertz, Dani Szabó, András M. Kecskés, Zsolt Dér, Péter Fancsikai, Áron Dimény, Bálint Péntek, Béla Dóra
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Released: |
06/02/2008 |
Genres: |
Drama
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Origin: |
Hungary
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Certificate: |
M
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Languages: |
Hungarian, German
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Aspect ratios: |
2.35 : 1
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Sound formats: |
Dolby Digital
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Subtitles: |
English
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Running Time: |
134 min
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Director Lajos Koltai stunned the 2005 Berlin Film Festival with this Second World War drama based on the Nobel Prize winning novel by Imre Kertész, a quasi-autobiographical work about his experiences as a 14-year-old deported from Budapest to the Nazi labour camps during the Holocaust.
Drafted into forced labour by the German authorities, Gyuri Köves, a young Jewish-Hungarian, is shuttled between the death factories of Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Zeitz - all the while, maintaining a stubborn, stoic endurance to the unimaginable fate that has befallen him and those around him. Vast in scale yet boasting remarkable historical detail, and with a sweeping score by Ennio Morricone, this is a film of immense compassion, unlikely beauty and shattering power - a true testament to the resilience of the human spirit.
Special Features:
* Interviews with Lajos Koltai (director), Imre Kertész (writer), Marcell Nagy (‘Gyuri Köves’), Gyula Pados (cinematographer), Ennio Morricone (composer)
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