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Release Date:
February 10, 2005
Original Title:
Sorstalanság
Alternate Titles:
Sem Destino
Sin destino
Sorstalansag
非關命運
Genres:
Drama | War
Production Companies:
Cinema Soleil
Eurimages
EuroArts
Hungarian Historic Foundation
Hungarian Motion Picture Ltd.
Hungarian Television
Ingenious Media
MDR
MFG Filmförderung
Magic Media Inc.
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary
Rabinovich Film Fund Cinema Project
Recanati Foundation
Renegade Films
The Israeli Film Council
The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports
Production Countries:
France | Germany | Hungary | Israel | United Kingdom | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
NL: 12 SE: 15
Runtime: 140
An 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.
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Art Direction:
Zsuzsanna Borvendég
Natalja Meier
Associate Producer:
Jonathan Haren
Michael Reuter
Casting:
Heta Mantscheff
Péter Szuchy
Tamás Zilahy
Co-Producer:
András Benyó
Tibor Krsko
Károly Varga
Miriam Zachar
Color Grading:
Doron Zar
Conductor:
Ennio Morricone
Construction Coordinator:
László Gárdonyi
Construction Grip:
László Nagyidai Jr.
Construction Manager:
József Kiss
Costume Design:
Györgyi Szakács
Costume Supervisor:
Brigitte Friedländer-Rodriguez
Costumer:
Brigitte Friedländer-Rodriguez
Almut Stier
Director:
Lajos Koltai
Director of Photography:
Gyula Pados
Draughtsman:
Beatrix Petõ
Editor:
Hajnal Sellő
Executive Producer:
Robert Buckler
Bernd Helthaler
László Vincze
Extras Casting:
Márta Liener
Johanna Ragwitz
First Assistant Director:
Zoltán Bonta
Legal Services:
Heiko Burkardsmaier
Line Producer:
Endre SÍk
Erika Tarr
Location Manager:
Laszlo Rorariusz
Makeup Artist:
Noémi Czakó
Mixing Engineer:
Fabio Venturi
Music:
Denes Redly
Negative Cutter:
Mark Wright
Novel:
Imre Kertész
Orchestrator:
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer:
Ennio Morricone
Post Production Coordinator:
Edit Nagy
Asha Radwan
Producer:
Ildikó Kemény
Péter Barbalics
András Hámori
Jonathan Olsberg
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Stolle
Production Design:
Tibor Lázár
Prop Maker:
Jan Rott
Property Master:
János Czakó
Pyrotechnic Supervisor:
Roland Tropp
Pyrotechnician:
Gyula Krasnyánszky
Screenplay:
Imre Kertész
Second Assistant Director:
Szabolcs Lang
Set Decoration:
Miklós Molnár
Special Effects:
Alistair Hamer
György Solymosi
Special Effects Assistant:
Gábor Kiszelly
Special Effects Supervisor:
Ferenc Ormos
Special Effects Technician:
Furedi Csaba
Tibor Skornyak
Standby Art Director:
László Pintér
Standby Painter:
Béla Tollay
Stunt Coordinator:
Béla Unger
Stunts:
Kasi Béla
Katona Péter
Levente Lezsák
Supervising Producer:
Lajos Szakácsi
Third Assistant Director:
Gergely Fülöp
Transportation Captain:
Attila Kiss
Vocals:
Lisa Gerrard
Wardrobe Assistant:
Bea Merkovits
Imre Orosz
Gábor Szabó
Writer:
Imre Kertész
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