In Budapest, Hungary, the Jewish teenager György Köves (Marcell Nagy) is taken off a bus while going to work in a brickyard and sent to Buchenwald. In the concentration camp, he loses his innocence finding starvation, hatred, selfishness, sickness and death, but also friendship, sympathy and comradeship among the other prisoners.
Movies about holocaust are usually touching and full of emotions. However, "Sorstalanság" is cold, without emotions or feelings and the director never creates an empathic or charismatic lead character. The horror of the concentration camps is shown through a awesome make-up of the cast; stunning faded colors or black and white cinematography contrasting with the bright color when the war is over; a wonderful reconstitution of life in times of war and post-war; and great soundtrack. But unfortunately this movie does not work well in spite of the budget. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Marcas da Guerra" ("Marks of the War")
Movies about holocaust are usually touching and full of emotions. However, "Sorstalanság" is cold, without emotions or feelings and the director never creates an empathic or charismatic lead character. The horror of the concentration camps is shown through a awesome make-up of the cast; stunning faded colors or black and white cinematography contrasting with the bright color when the war is over; a wonderful reconstitution of life in times of war and post-war; and great soundtrack. But unfortunately this movie does not work well in spite of the budget. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Marcas da Guerra" ("Marks of the War")