Son of Saul (2015)

R | 107 min | Drama, War

In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival upon trying to salvage from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son.

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Géza Röhrig

Saul Ausländer
Levente Molnár

Abraham Warszawski
Urs Rechn

Oberkapo Biederman
Todd Charmont

Bearded Prisoner
Jerzy Walczak

Rabbi Frankel
Gergö Farkas

Saul's Son
Balázs Farkas

Saul's Son
Sándor Zsótér

Dr. Miklos Nyiszli
Marcin Czarnik

Feigenbaum
Levente Orbán

Russian Prisoner
Kamil Dobrowolski

Mietek
Uwe Lauer

Oberscharführer Voss
Christian Harting

Oberscharführer Busch
Attila Fritz

Yankl (Young Prisoner)
Mihály Kormos

Schlojme

Director:

László Nemes

Writers:

László Nemes, Clara Royer

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Abraham Warszawski: Who's this boy?
Saul Ausländer: My son.
Abraham Warszawski: But you have no son.
Saul Ausländer: I do. I have to bury him.
Abraham Warszawski: You don't need a rabbi for that.
Saul Ausländer: At least he'll do what's right.

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The film features the historical Sonderkommando revolt of 7th October 1944, but the event is not shown as it happened according to historical sources. It's simplified and condensed in the film.