Son of Saul / Saul Fia
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Son of Saul / Saul Fia

by László Nemes

Secondary title
Saul Fia
Country / Year
Hungary / 2017
Duration
107 Min.
Languages
Hungarian
Yiddish
GermanGerman
Polish
Russian
Subtitles
GermanGerman
French
Genre
Drama
Tags
History
Science Fiction
Debut Feature
Classics
War
Direction
László Nemes
Cast
Géza Röhrig,
Levente Molnár,
Urs Rechn,
Todd Charmont,
Sándor Zsótér,
Jerzy Walczak,
Uwe Lauer,
Christan Harting,
Kamil Dobrowolski,
Amitai Kedar,
István Pion

Saul is part of a special unit at the concentration camp in Auschwitz. He is one of the prisoners forced to operate the gas chambers and burn bodies. He has an impossible idea when one day he believes to have recognised his son among the dead: he wishes to find a Rabbi who will pray the Kaddish and offer his son a decent burial. László Nemes’ harrowing, Academy Award-, Cannes jury prize- and countless other awards-winning debut feature takes us on a journey through what can only be described as hell. Under abominable circumstances there remains the faint hope and the possibility of maintaining just a spark of human dignity. Turning the debate on the representation of the Holocaust upside down, this is a unique film which earned its rightful place amongst the canon of the best movies of the decade.

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