Fateless (film)

2005 film

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8 February 2005 (2005-02-08) (Hungarian Film Festival)
6 January 2006 (2006-01-06) (United States)

Running time

136 minutesCountriesGermany
Hungary
United KingdomLanguagesHungarian
German
EnglishBox office$2,512,009^[1]

Fateless (Hungarian: Sorstalanság) is a Hungarian film directed by Lajos Koltai, released in 2005. It is based on the semi-autobiographical novel Fatelessness by the Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész, who also wrote the screenplay. It tells the story of a teenage boy who is sent to Auschwitz and Buchenwald.^[2]

The film's music was composed by Ennio Morricone, and one of its songs was sung by Lisa Gerrard. The film is one of the most expensive ever produced in Hungary, with a cost of $12 million.^[3]

The film also features British actor Daniel Craig, who plays a cameo as a United States Army sergeant.

The film was screened in Hungary and Germany (at Berlinale), at the Telluride Film Festival in Telluride, Colorado as well as the Toronto International Film Festival.^[4]

Awards and nominations

Nominated – Golden Berlin Bear – Lajos Koltai^[5]
Nominated – European Film Award – Best Cinematographer – Gyula Pados^[6]
Nominated – European Film Award – Best Composer – Ennio Morricone^[7]
Official Selection – Berlin Film Festival 2005^[8]
Official Selection – Telluride Film Festival 2005^[9]
Official Selection – Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Gala Presentation – Edinburgh International Film Festival^{[citation needed]}
Special Presentation – Toronto International Film Festival^{[citation needed]}
Chicago International Film Festival 2005^[10]
AFI Los Angeles Film Festival 2005^[11]

External links

Fateless at AllMovie
Sorstalanság at IMDb

References

^ "Fateless (2005)". Box Office Mojo.
^ "Screening of Hungarian film, Fateless, 21 April 2015". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ "Screening of Hungarian film, Fateless, 21 April 2015". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ "Telluride Film Festival". www.telluridefilmfestival.org. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ "Lajos Koltai". IMDb. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ "Gyula Pados". IMDb. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ "Ennio Morricone". IMDb. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ "Fateless new entry in the Berlinale Competition". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ "Telluride Film Festival 2005". MUBI. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ "Chicago International Film Festival (2005)". IMDb. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ Brooks, Brian (2 November 2005). "AFI Fest 2005: It Takes a Village". IndieWire. Retrieved 25 September 2021.