Released:
2005-02-10

Overview:
A Hungarian youth comes of age at Buchenwald during World War II. György Köves is 14, the son of a merchant who's sent to a forced labor camp. After his father's departure, György gets a job at a brickyard; his bus is stopped and its Jewish occupants sent to camps. There, György find camaraderie, suffering, cruelty, illness, and death. He hears advice on preserving one's dignity and self-esteem. He discovers hatred. If he does survive and returns to Budapest, what will he find? What is natural; what is it to be a Jew? Sepia, black and white, and color alternate to shade the mood.

Director:
Lajos Koltai

Runtime:
2h 20min

Genre:
War, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Marcell Nagy
  as
  György Köves
• 
  Béla Dóra
  as
  Smoker
• 
  Bálint Péntek
  as
  Pretty boy
• 
  Áron Dimény
  as
  Bandi Citrom
• 
  Péter Fancsikai
  as
  Older Kollmann boy