Fateless (film)

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Fateless
Hungarian-language poster
Directed byLajos Koltai
Written byImre Kertész
Produced byLajos Koltai
András Hámori
Ildikó Kemény
Jonathan Olsberg
Lajos Szakacsi
StarringMarcell Nagy
Áron Dimény
András M. Kecskés
József Gyabronka
Endre Harkányi
CinematographyGyula Pados
Edited byHajnal Sellő
Music byEnnio Morricone
Distributed byTHINKFilm
Release dates
  • 8 February 2005 (2005-02-08) (Hungarian Film Festival)
  • 6 January 2006 (2006-01-06) (United States)
Running time
136 minutes
CountriesGermany
Hungary
United Kingdom
LanguagesHungarian
German
English
Box office$2,512,009[1]

Fateless (Hungarian: Sorstalanság) is a Hungarian film directed by Lajos Koltai, released in 2005. It is based on the semi-autobiographical novel Fatelessness by the Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész, who also wrote the screenplay. It tells the story of a teenage boy who is sent to Auschwitz and Buchenwald.[2]

The film's music was composed by Ennio Morricone, and one of its songs was sung by Lisa Gerrard. The film is one of the most expensive ever produced in Hungary, with a cost of $12 million.[3]

The film also features British actor Daniel Craig, who plays a cameo as a United States Army sergeant.

The film was screened in Hungary and Germany (at Berlinale), at the Telluride Film Festival in Telluride, Colorado as well as the Toronto International Film Festival.[4]

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  1. ^ "Fateless (2005)". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ^ "Screening of Hungarian film, Fateless, 21 April 2015". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Screening of Hungarian film, Fateless, 21 April 2015". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Telluride Film Festival". www.telluridefilmfestival.org. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Lajos Koltai". IMDb. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Gyula Pados". IMDb. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Ennio Morricone". IMDb. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Fateless new entry in the Berlinale Competition". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Telluride Film Festival 2005". MUBI. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Chicago International Film Festival (2005)". IMDb. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  11. ^ Brooks, Brian (2 November 2005). "AFI Fest 2005: It Takes a Village". IndieWire. Retrieved 25 September 2021.