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Film · 2015

Son of Saul

Original titleSaul fia

Directed by László Nemes · starring Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár and Urs Rechn

  • 1 h 47 min
  • 15
  • Drama · War
  • Hungary
  • Released in the UK 28 April 2016
  • 8.2 AverageMovieNCo
  • 7.3 Users13 votes
  • 9.1 Critics10 reviews
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Synopsis

Film director László Nemes, debuts in a long movie direction with ?Son of Saul?, last FIPRESCI, and Grand Jury Prizes winner at Cannes 2015, which is starring Géza Röhrig (Saul), Levente Molnár (Abraham) and Urs rechn (Oberkapo Biederman). This film take us to Auschwitz during the tail end of the Second World War, concretely in 1944, in a concentration camp where Saul Auslander, a Hungarian prisoner works in a gas chamber, being forced to burn all the other prisioners bodies. When he saw a little boy inside one of these chambers, he is determined to save his life and find a jewish rabbi who can offer the child a real burial, and so bury him "decently", due to he thinks the boy is his small son.

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The essentials

Runtime
107 min1 hour and 47 minutes
Budget
€1.5mLaokoon Filmgroup
Box office
£178,617in UK
Rating
15Suitable only for 15 years and over
How long is Son of Saul?
1 hour and 47 minutes (107 minutes).
When was Son of Saul released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 28 April 2016.
Who directed Son of Saul?
László Nemes.
Who is in Son of Saul?
It stars Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn and Todd Charmont.
Where can I watch Son of Saul?
In the UK you can watch it on subscription on Mubi and with a channel on Apple TV and a channel on Prime Video.
How much did Son of Saul make?
It took £178,617 in UK. It cost €1.5 million.
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Cast

Full cast (13)
Director
László Nemes
Writers
László Nemes, Clara Royer
Producers
Gábor Rajna, Gábor Sipos

Videos and trailers

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'Son of Saul' Trailer 1:372 December 2015

Photos and posters

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Reviews

All 10 reviews
7.3 13 votes
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What the critics say average 9.1 from 10

  • 10 Entertainment WeeklyChris Nashawaty Nemes is telling his story in a revolutionary new way?and it?s devastating. There?s no room for sentimentality or conventional Hollywood narative in his film. Read
  • 10 The Washington PostAnn Hornaday Thanks to his taste, rigor and superb sense of control, Nemes manages to create images that are both discreet and graphic, respectful and confrontational, inspiring and unsparing. Read
  • 10 TimeStephanie Zacharek Röhrig isn?t an experienced actor. In fact, he?s a poet and a former kindergarten teacher, living in the Bronx. But that could be what makes the performance so magnetic. Read

Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • Budget €1.5m
  • UK £178,617

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Soundtrack

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Trivia

All 8 facts

  • Shot entirely with a 40mm lens.

  • An old military base on the outskirts of Budapest, Hungary, served as the movie's location.

  • The film does not utilize any music in the form of a soundtrack whatsoever, to give the viewer the feeling of actually being there.

  • The official submission of Hungary to the Best Foreign Language Film for the 88th Academy Awards 2016.

  • For Variety, it is one of the best films of 2015.

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