Fateless

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Fateless

R,

2006,

2h 16m,

History/

Drama

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95%

64 Reviews

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83%

10,000+ Ratings

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In 1944, 14-year-old Hungarian Jew Gyorgy Koves (Marcell Nagy) quits school to look after his family when his father (János Bán) is deported by the Nazis to a labor camp. Shortly afterward, Gyorgy is seized during a police raid and sent to Auschwitz. Lying about his age to prevent himself from being gassed with the other children, Gyorgy learns from veteran prisoner Bandi Citrom (Áron Dimény) how to survive as he is sent from one concentration camp to another.

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Critics Consensus

Beautifully photographed and majestically scored, Fateless is a haunting account of one boy's experiences during the Holocaust and his journey to pick up the pieces in the war's aftermath.

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Ty Burr

Boston Globe

Jun 2, 2006

3.5/4

Fateless looks man's inhumanity to man square in the eye and pronounces it standard operating procedure, and that may be the greater horror.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

May 6, 2006

4/5

Is the survivor entitled to ordinary human happiness -- or is this human emotion an act of disloyalty and diminution? These questions are a vital part of this outstanding film's dark and sombre power.

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Robert Hanks

Independent (UK)

May 6, 2006

3/5

Perhaps the fault lies more with Ennio Morricone's lavish, emotionally bullying music, which cancels out all the reticence and nuance of the script.

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Tom Cassidy

Common Sense Media

May 7, 2025

The horror of the Holocaust is depicted not through explicit violence, but through stellar performances and an artful approach from director Lajos Koltai in this semi-autobiographical Hungarian drama.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Nov 7, 2019

This is really the first holocaust film that doesn't just say it was an atrocity; it gives a new psychological perspective that shows a sense of hope and possibly even joy hidden in the horrors.

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Eve Tushnet

Patheos

Feb 8, 2019

It conveys a feeling of exhaustion. Mist drifts through the camp, lending a beauty which does not point to any meaning or goodness, a kind of drained beauty.

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Synopsis

In 1944, 14-year-old Hungarian Jew Gyorgy Koves (Marcell Nagy) quits school to look after his family when his father (János Bán) is deported by the Nazis to a labor camp. Shortly afterward, Gyorgy is seized during a police raid and sent to Auschwitz. Lying about his age to prevent himself from being gassed with the other children, Gyorgy learns from veteran prisoner Bandi Citrom (Áron Dimény) how to survive as he is sent from one concentration camp to another.

Director: Lajos Koltai
Producer: Andras Hamori, Péter Barbalics, Ildiko Kennedy, Jonathan Olsberg
Screenwriter: Imre Kertész
Distributor: ThinkFilm
Production Co: Euroarts, Magic Média, Renegade
Rating: R (Nudity|Disturbing Holocaust Images|Brief Strong Language)
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 6, 2006, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 2, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $195.9K
Runtime: 2h 16m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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