The original novel is an extraordinary masterpiece. The movie lacks exactly those aspects that make the novel great: the unique interpretation of the Holocaust by a non-religious assimilated Jewish boy from Budapest. I wonder if a more professional screenwriter would have been able to transform the novel into a better movie.
N.B. The author of the novel was the film's screenwriter.
N.B. Had I not read the book, I would have been unable to understand much of the movie.
N.B. I think "fateless" is an inaccurate translation of the Hungarian title "sorstalanság".
Finally, the novel itself is by far the very best one ever written about the Holocaust. Runner-ups: Babi Yar by A. Kuznetsov and Night by Elie Wiesel.
N.B. The author of the novel was the film's screenwriter.
N.B. Had I not read the book, I would have been unable to understand much of the movie.
N.B. I think "fateless" is an inaccurate translation of the Hungarian title "sorstalanság".
Finally, the novel itself is by far the very best one ever written about the Holocaust. Runner-ups: Babi Yar by A. Kuznetsov and Night by Elie Wiesel.