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Directed by | Lajos Koltai |
Written by | Imre Kertész |
Produced by | Lajos Koltai András Hámori Ildikó Kemény Jonathan Olsberg Lajos Szakacsi |
Starring | Marcell Nagy Áron Dimény András M. Kecskés József Gyabronka Endre Harkányi |
Cinematography | Gyula Pados |
Edited by | Hajnal Sellő |
Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Distributed by | THINKFilm |
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Running time | 136 minutes |
Countries | Germany Hungary United Kingdom |
Languages | Hungarian German English |
Box office | $2,512,009[1] |
Fateless (Hungarian:Sorstalanság) is a Hungarian film directed byLajos Koltai, released in 2005. It is based on thesemi-autobiographical novelFatelessness by the Nobel Prize winnerImre Kertész, who also wrote the screenplay. It tells the story of a teenage boy who is sent toAuschwitz andBuchenwald.[2]
The film's music was composed byEnnio Morricone, and one of its songs was sung byLisa Gerrard. The film is one of the most expensive ever produced in Hungary, with a cost of $12 million.[2]The film also features British actorDaniel Craig, who plays a cameo as a United States Army sergeant.
The film was screened inHungary andGermany (atBerlinale), at theTelluride Film Festival in Telluride, Colorado as well as theToronto International Film Festival.[3]