Son of Saul

7.120151h 47m
R
Released
War
Drama
Thriller

Overview

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.

StatusReleased
Release Date2015-06-11
Runtime1h 47m
LanguagesDeutschελληνικάעִבְרִיתMagyarPolskiPусскийSlovenčina
CountriesHungary
Budget$1,000,000
Revenue$1,777,043

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Reviews

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Reno

May 4, 2016

7/10

> Experiencing what Saul's seeing, hearing and undertaking. The World War II is the largest source supplier for the war movies. I have seen numerous breathtaking braverism, as well as heartbreakingly suffering film characters which are based on the real and sometimes fiction. The genre too differs, from action, adventure, war to the comedy, roma

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CinemaSerf

Jan 27, 2025

7/10

It's maybe appropriate that I watched this on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz camp. It follow the story of the Hungarian Jew "Saul" (Géza Rögrig) who is essentially a sort of prefect for the Nazis. His job is to usher the prisoners to their final shower, meal and thence to the gas chamber. Every now again they hav

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