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Son of Saul (2015)

11/06/2015 (FR)War, Drama, Thriller1h 47m
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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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Géza Röhrig

      Géza Röhrig

      Saul Ausländer

    2. Levente Molnár

      Levente Molnár

      Abraham

    3. Urs Rechn

      Urs Rechn

      Eli Biederman

    4. Todd Charmont

      Todd Charmont

      Bearded Prisoner

    5. Jerzy Walczak

      Jerzy Walczak

      Rabbi Frankel

    6. Balázs Farkas

      Balázs Farkas

      Saul's Son

    7. Gergö Farkas

      Gergö Farkas

      Saul's Son

    8. Sándor Zsótér

      Sándor Zsótér

      Dr. Miklós Nyiszli

    9. Marcin Czarnik

      Marcin Czarnik

      Feigenbaum

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    A review by r96sk

    8.0
    Written by r96sk on Apr 16, 2025

    <em>'Son of Saul'<em> is as upsetting and unimaginable as you would anticipate a film about the Holocaust would be. It is quite unique in terms of its story and how it's portrayed. It's interesting to learn about the Sonderkommandos, a term I somehow wasn't overly familiar with to be honest. Géza Röhrig is outstanding in the leading role, one that requires some big acting chops given the character doesn't speak too often. How crazy that he, so I read, hadn't acted in film for a few decades up until this. The only thing more surprising is that this is director László Nemes' directorial debut...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageHungarian

    Budget$1,000,000.00

    Revenue$1,777,043.00

    Keywords

    • prisoner
    • world war ii
    • son
    • auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp
    • rabbi
    • 1940s
    • sonderkommando