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.
Facts
Awards
Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix, François Chalais Prize, CST Award of the Technical Artist, National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Setting
Auschwitz
Filming location
Budapest
Production
Laokoon Filmgroup
Original language
Hungarian, Yiddish, German, Polish
Trailer
Stills
Festival History
- Los Angeles Film Awards 2025
- Fantastic Fest 2015
