Fateless (2005) [N/A]

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

You can close your eyes. You can turn away. But you will never forget.

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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