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Sorstalanság (Original title)Fateless (Alternative title)
Dates: 2005 (Copyright), 05 May 2006 (Release)

Countries: Hungary, Germany, United Kingdom, Israel

Directed by: Lajos Koltai

Synopsis: A fourteen-year-old Jewish-Hungarian boy's world is torn apart when his father is sent to a concentration camp. The boy himself is soon deported also but survives internment in Auschwitz and Buchenwald and eventually returns to Budapest.

Genres:
Drama, War
Credits (200)
©: Magyar Mozgókép Közalapítvány, ©: Magic Media, ©: EuroArts Entertainment, Renegade Films, Production Company: Magyar Televízió, Production Company: Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Supported by: Motion Picture Foundation of Hungary, Supported by: Ministry of National Cultural Heritage, Supported by: Eurimages Conseil de l'Europe, Supported by: The Hungarian Historic Foundation, Supported by: MFG Filmförderung Baden Württemberg, Supported by: MDM - Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Supported by: Rabinovich Foundation Cinema Project, Supported by: Recanati Foundation, Supported by: The Israel Film Council, Supported by: Culture and Sport Ministry of Education, Ingenious Media, International Sales: Andras Hamori Productions, [Production Company]: Renegade (Fateless) Limited, Executive Producer: László Vincze, Executive Producer: Bernd Hellthaler, Executive Producer: Robert Buckler, Produced by: András Hámori, Producer: Péter Barbalics, Producer (UK): Ildikó Kemény, Producer (Germany): Jonathan Olsberg, Supervising Producer: Lajos Szakácsi, Line Producer (German Crew): Michael Reuter, Associate Producer: András Benyó, Associate Producer: Károly Varga, Associate Producer: Endre Sík, Associate Producer: Tibor Krskó, Associate Producer: Michael Reuter, Associate Producer: Jonathan Haren, Unit Manager: Tamás Maros, Ákos Pesti, Production Manager: Sándor Baló, Production Manager (UK): Candice Fonseca, Production Manager (German Crew): Anna von Wagner, Production Manager (German Crew): Michael Beier, Peter Hermann, Pre-production Manager (UK): Lisa Parker, Production Co-ordinator: Edit Nagy, Production Accountant: Jim Shortall, Production Accountant: Aileen Bell, Production Accountant (German Crew): Astrid Krebs, Location Manager: Tamás Guba, Location Manager: László Rorárius, Location Manager (German Crew): Hildegard Westbeld, Post-production Supervisor: Jonathan Haren, Post-production Co-ordinator: Edit Nagy, Assistant to the Producer: Salazar Sephira, Assistant to Supervising Producer: Szonja Domán, Assistant to the Producers (German Crew): Alexandra Stolle, Tom Sternitzke, Production Secretary (Hungary): Dóra Szanka, Assistant Director (1st): Zoltán Bonta, Assistant Director (2nd): Lang Szabolcs, Assistant Director (3rd): Gergõ Fülöp, Zsófia Gonda, Script Supervisor: Gabi Antall, Hungarian Casting: Tamás Zilahy, Casting Director (German Crew): Heta Mantscheff, Extras Casting: Hollywood Casting Agency, Cast Co-ordinator: Eszter Fazekas, Screenplay by: Imre Kertész, Based on his novel 'Fateless': Imre Kertész, Script Consultant: Amanda Mackenzie Stuart, Director of Photography: Gyula Pados, B Camera Operator: Zoltán Jánossa, Balázs Bélafalvy, Focus Puller: Rawdon Hayne, Focus Puller: Brad Lamer, 2nd Unit Focus Puller: Ádám Kliegl, Loader: Zoltán Jánossa, Clapper Loader: Tamás Jánossa, David Mackie, Camera Assistant: Sándor Domokos, Gaffer: József Marton, Grip: Károly Brauner, Grip: Elek Hornyák, István Bese, VCR Operator: Ákos Gulyás, VCR Operator (German Crew): Ines Thomsen, Stills Photographer: Buda Gulyás, Stills Photographer: Joseph Wolfsberg, Kerry Brown, Visual Effects by: Elektrofilm Post Produktion Facilities GmbH, Elektrofilm (Visual Effects Supervisor): Sven Martin, Elektrofilm (Visual Effects Producer): Sacha Bertram, Elektrofilm (Studio Manager): Natascha Pfeiffer, Elektrofilm (Technical Director VFX): Jens Vielhaben, Elektrofilm (3D Artist): Paul Dreisen, Elektrofilm (3D Artist): Hartmut Engel, Christoph Gaudl, Elektrofilm (Digital Matte Painting): Jan Burda, Ingo Putze, Elektrofilm (Compositing Artist): Arndt Baumüller, Elektrofilm (Rotoscoping): Cathleen Klein, Special Effects Supervisor: Ferenc Ormos, Special Effects Foreman: János Berki, Gábor Balog, Special Effects: Multifilm Kft., Pyrotechnic Supervisor: Gyula Krasnyánszky, Pyrotechnician (German Crew): Roland Tropp, Editor: Hajnal Sellö, Assistant Editor: Kati Juhász, Production Designer: Tibor Lázár, Art Director: Zsuzsa Borvendég, Art Director: Judit Csák, Art Director (German Crew): Natalja Meier, Head Set Decorator: Miklós Molnár, Set Decorator: András Sinka, Set Decorator: Tamás Simon, Set Decorator (German Crew): Claudia Kiefer, Drawer: Beatrix Pethõ, Property Master: Ferenc Venczel, György Griger, On-set Property: Gábor Postássy, On-set Property: János Cakó, On-set Property: Béla Tollay, On-set Property: József Ócsai, László Sándor Sajerman, Property Buyer (German Crew): Jan Rot, Property Buyer (German Crew): Sven Hausmann, Marcus Berndt, Construction Co-ordinator: László Nagy, József Kiss, On-set Construction: Csaba Vásári, József Graczán, Costume Designer: Györgyi Szakács, Wardrobe Master: Imre Orosz, Wardrobe Supervisor (German Crew): Almut Stier, Brigitte Rodriguez, Make-up Supervisor: Kati Jakóts, Key Make-up Artist: Balázs Novák, Key Extras Make-up: Noémi Czakó, Extras Make-up: Réka Görgényi, Extras Make-up: Attiláné Járai, Extras Make-up: Gábor Farkas, Nóra Koltai, Make-up (German Crew): Nadine Seidel, Make-up (German Crew): Ulrike Bomeier, Make-up (German Crew): Cornelia Uhlemann, Heike Saal, Hair Supervisor: Erzsébet Rácz, Gaby Németh, Hairdresser: Janosné Kajtár, Klára Szinek, Digital Film Grade by: Framestore CFC, Framestore CFC (Colourist): Adam Glassman, Framestore CFC (DI Producer): Piers Hampton, Framestore CFC (Executive DI Producer): Jan Hogevold, Framestore CFC (Co-ordinator): Sarah Micallef, Framestore CFC (Film Editorial): Michelle Camp, Post-production Laboratory: Deluxe Laboratory Ltd, Laboratory Colour Timer: David Rees, Music by: Ennio Morricone, Orchestra/Choir: Magyar Rádió Zenekara, Magyar Rádió Énekkara, Vocal Soloist: Lisa Gerrard, Musician (Synthesiser): Ludovico Fulci, Musician (Pan-pipes): Ulrich Herkenhoff, Musician (Cimbalom): Ágnes Szakály, Choir Director: Kálmán Straussz, Music Organisation: Enrico de Melis, Music Recorded/Mixed by: Fabio Venturi, Music Research: Gábor Knisch, Sound Supervisor: Christian Conrad, [Sound] Technical Supervisor: Dénes Rédly, Sound Recorded by: Simon Kaye, Sound Engineer: Dénes Rédly, Boom Operator: David Sutton, Re-recording Mixer: Martin Steyer, Dialogue Editor: Fabian Schmidt, Sound Effects Editor: Christian Conrad, Sound Effects Editor: Jane Tattersall, ADR (Hungary Recordist): György Kovács, ADR (Crowd Recording): Marcus Sujata, ADR Editor: Beate Hetényi, Foley Artist: Carsten Richter, Foley (Recording): Marcus Sujata, Foley Editor: Manuel Laval, English Subtitles: Liz Szász, Rob Buckler, Military Consultant: Péter Lippai, The Production Wishes to Thanks: Peter Touche, The Production Wishes to Thanks: Sheila Fraser Milne, The Production Wishes to Thanks: Nina Gold, The Production Wishes to Thanks: Jonathan Debin, The Production Wishes to Thanks: Simon Perry, The Production Wishes to Thanks: Linda Gregory, The Production Wishes to Thanks: Alistair Hopkins, The Production Wishes to Thanks: Sarah Bird, The Production Wishes to Thanks: Nick Lom, Lacia Kornylo, Animal Handler: Zoltán Horkai, Publicity: Gréczy Zsolt, Publicity (MacDonald & Rutter): Charles Macdonald
Cast (127)
Marcell Nagy (Gyura Köves, boy), Áron Dimény (Bandi Citrom), András M. Kecskés (Finn), József Gyabronka (unlucky man), Endre Harkányi (old Kollmann), Béla Dóra (smoker), Bálint Péntek (pretty boy), Dániel Szabó (Moskovich), Zsolt Dér (Rozi), János Bán (father), Judit Schell (stepmother), Ádám Rajhona (Mr Steiner), György Barkó (Mr Fleischmann), Daniel Craig (American sergeant), György Gazsó (Mr Sütö), Sára Herrer (Annamária), Olga Koós (stepmother's mother), Piroska Molnár (Terka), Ildikó Kishonti (Uncle Vili's wife), Miklós Benedek (Uncle Vili), Péter Haumann (Uncle Lajos), László Baranyi (relative 1), Vilmos Kun (grandfather), Márta Bakó (grandmother), István Komlós (male relative), Judit Meszléri (relative 2), Andrea Szoták (relative 3), Kati Lázár (Mrs Fleischmann), Ildikó Tóth (mother), Luca Seres (girl 1), Juszti Balassa (girl 2), Gáspár Mesés (Annamária's younger brother), József Szarvas (policeman), Jenö Nagy, Bence Bihari, Patrik Holzmüller, Jakab Pilaszanovich, Zoltán Tóth, Dániel Lugosi, Péter Bryja, Krisztián Köles, Zsigmond Szilágyi, Lorand Ács (boy at custom house), Gergö Mészáros (cobbler), Gábor Nyiri (Hedge), Zoltán Bukovszky (a boy), Ernö Fekete (foreman), István Göz (expert), Miklós B. Székely (bitter faced man), Béla Spindler (seal faced man), Krisztián Kolovratnik (first lieutenant), György Hunyadkürti (man at the window), István Uri (Csarnai), György Bösze (Göz), István Mészáros (Zakariás), Géza Balkay (very drunk gendarme), András Szegö (knowledgeable man), Géza Schramek (Boda), László Joó (elderly man), László Jászai (gendarme), Zoltán Dózsa (gendarme sergeant 1), Áron Öze (gendarme sergeant 2), Gábor Ferenczy (man with armband 1), András Salamon (man with armband 3), Ildikó Molnár (young girl's mother), Antal Cserna (respectable man), Zsolt Kovács (Bocskor), Péter Vallai (negotiating man), Zsolt László (Balogh), Attila Magyar (Gyulai), Péter Vida (Lénárt), András Surányi (man with armband 2), Sándor Halmágyi (rabbi), Éva Vándor (delicate looking woman), Adrien Táncos (Erika), Zóltan Varga (Berei), Zoltán Bereczki (Darázs), Kriszta Biró (woman at the window), Ferenc Lengyel (geography teacher), József Kelemen (Szabó), Orsolya Tóth (young girl), Tibor Mertz (Fodor), Lajos Kovács (corrupt gendarme), Sándor Zsótér (SS selection officer), Géza Tóth (prisoner), Géza Laczkovich (old man), Zoltán Barabás Kiss (sergeant), Attila Dolmány (capo), Zoltán Bezerédi (balding man), Péter Fancsikai (older Kollmann boy), Márton Brezina (younger Kollmann boy), Mirkó Andrassew, Viktor Csúcs, Máté Papp (Kollmann choir), Péter Göth (pianist), Attila Besztercei (prisoner with armband), Károly Nemcsák (camp elder), Sándor Kömüves (Fazekas), Lajos Kulcsár (block VI elder), Szabolcs Thúróczy (soldier 1), István Rimóczi (SS sergeant), László Mehes (Sándor), József Lukács (sergeant yelling), Jenö Kiss (SS soldier), Frank-Michael Köbe (soldier), Péter Szokolay (works manager), Pál Oberfrank (Hungarian doctor), Gergely Kocsis (nurse, Zeitz Rehmsdorf), Béla Paudits (protesting man), László Kövesdi (bath attendant), Richard Péter (bath attendant 2), Ciochki Maciej (Pjetyka), Ferenc Horváth (plump Hungarian patient), Gábor Máté (Uncle Miklós), Dávid Szanitter (captain), Csaba Gieler (interpreter), Máté Haumann (caught SS soldier), Anita Tóth (a woman), Miklós Molnár (interrogating man), Ági Olasz (Bandi Citrom's sister), Mari Csomós (Bandi Citrom's mother), József Jámbor (ticket controller), Andor Lukács (intellectual), Anikó Gruíz (unfamiliar woman), Andrea Ladányi, Tamás Dunai, Joe Bali