In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son, seeking to give him a proper Jewish burial.
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Movie · War · Drama · R
2015 · 1h 47m · ★ 89% (117K)
Director: László Nemes
Starring: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn
Overview
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son, seeking to give him a proper Jewish burial.
Director
László Nemes
Production
Laokoon Filmgroup
Cast
Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Todd Charmont, Jerzy Walczak, Balázs Farkas, Gergö Farkas, Sándor Zsótér, Marcin Czarnik, Levente Orbán, Kamil Dobrowolski, Uwe Lauer, Christian Harting, Attila Fritz, Mihály Kormos, Márton Ágh, Amitai Kedar, István Pion, Juli Jakab, Polgár Tamás