6.9 / 10
(92 votes)
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.
Germany,
United Kingdom,
Hungary,
Austria
War,
Drama
140 minutes
2005
Lajos Koltai
Magic Media,
Renegade Films,
Hungarian Motion Picture,
EuroArts,
Hungarian Television,
MDR,
Andras Hamori Productions
$250,000
$2,512,009

2000
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0.0
1975
6.6

2010
10.0

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8.0

1981
1.0

2024
6.6
0.0

1942
7.8

1945
8.0

1981
8.1

1943
8.1

1944
6.8

1982
6.7

1963
5.0

2021
6.5

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7.8

2024
7.0

1970
6.2

2007
6.0