Son of Saul

Son of Saul

2DCS12
Director:László Nemes
Cast:Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár
Premiere:18. February 2016
Length:101 minutes
Genre:War, Drama

Cast: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár  •  Director: László Nemes

Auschwitz, 1944. The Hungarian Jew Saul Ausländer is a member of the Sonderkommando, who are assigned to work at the concentration camp’s gas chambers and the pyres burning human remains. When the apathetic man discovers the body of his son amid the corpses, he feels an urgent need to afford him a proper Jewish burial. Regardless of the danger, general suffering and an imminent rebellion, Saul sets out on a delirious journey through the death camp with a single aim: to find a rabbi.

Length: 101 min

Year: 2015
Local premiere date: 18. February 2016
World premiere date: 11. June 2015

Country of origin:

  • Hungary

Cast: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár  •  Director: László Nemes

Auschwitz, 1944. The Hungarian Jew Saul Ausländer is a member of the Sonderkommando, who are assigned to work at the concentration camp’s gas chambers and the pyres burning human remains. When the apathetic man discovers the body of his son amid the corpses, he feels an urgent need to afford him a proper Jewish burial. Regardless of the danger, general suffering and an imminent rebellion, Saul sets out on a delirious journey through the death camp with a single aim: to find a rabbi.

Year: 2015
Local premiere date: 18. February 2016
World premiere date: 11. June 2015

Country of origin:

  • Hungary