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A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 96%, Metacritic 91/100. Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 98% of the 362 2010s war movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic91/100
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
1,196 audience votes
Key crew
- László NemesScreenplay
- László NemesDirector
- Clara RoyerScreenplay
- László MelisOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Géza RöhrigSaul Ausländer
- Levente MolnárAbraham
- Urs RechnEli Biederman
- Todd CharmontBearded Prisoner
- Jerzy WalczakRabbi Frankel
- Balázs FarkasSaul's Son
- Gergö FarkasSaul's Son
- Sándor ZsótérDr. Miklós Nyiszli
- Marcin CzarnikFeigenbaum
- Levente OrbánRussian Prisoner
- Kamil DobrowolskiMietek
- Uwe LauerOberscharführer Voss
Stills
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