X
- 2006
- R
- THINKFilm
- 2 h 20 m
- 2006
- R
- THINKFilm
- 2 h 20 m
Summary Fateless is based on the moving and disturbing novel by 2002 Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész about a Hungarian Jewish boy's experiences in German concentration camps and his attempts to reconcile himself to those experiences after the war. (ThinkFilm)
Directed By: Lajos Koltai
Written By: Imre Kertész
- 2006
- R
- THINKFilm
- 2 h 20 m
- 2006
- R
- THINKFilm
- 2 h 20 m
Fateless
4.9
Where to Watch
Summary Fateless is based on the moving and disturbing novel by 2002 Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész about a Hungarian Jewish boy's experiences in German concentration camps and his attempts to reconcile himself to those experiences after the war. (ThinkFilm)
Directed By: Lajos Koltai
Written By: Imre Kertész
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
87
88% Positive
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
12% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
87
88% Positive
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
12% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
A hauntingly poetic triumph.
This is a Holocaust movie that is so relentlessly observed and so aware of woe that it never feels like it belongs to a genre.
Koltai is an accomplished, Oscar-nominated cinematographer (for 2000's "Malena"), and Fateless is meticulously composed and shot.
It represents something stranger and, to those of us with only a secondhand or thirdhand knowledge of that history, more disturbing: a survivor's conviction that there were aspects of the experience itself that can only be described as beautiful.
It's a work that sears the heart and conscience. The events are annihilating, the way they're told both beautiful and terrifying.
The film never lacks dignity. Fateless doesn't look at life at the camp like Roberto Benigni did in "Life is Beautiful."
Long, heavy, and not particularly edifying Holocaust drama.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 User Ratings
4.9
38% Positive
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
25% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
38% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 User Ratings
4.9
38% Positive
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
25% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
38% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
There are no user reviews yet. Be the first to add a review.
Production Company
Hungarian Motion Picture Ltd.,
Magic Media Inc.,
EuroArts Entertainment,
Renegade Films,
Hungarian Television,
Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR),
Cinema Soleil,
Eurimages,
Hungarian Historic Foundation,
Ingenious Media,
Israel Film Council,
Medien- und Filmgesellschaft (MFG) Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg,
Ministry of Education and Sport,
Ministry of National Cultural Heritage,
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM),
Motion Picture Foundation of Hungary,
Rabinovich Film Fund Cinema Project,
Recanati Foundation
Release Date Jan 6, 2006
Duration 2 h 20 m
Rating R
Tagline You can close your eyes. You can turn away. But you will never forget.
Awards
Ashland Independent Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
European Film Awards
• 2 Nominations
Copenhagen International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
