Son of Saul

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Son of Saul

2015

1h 47m

7.1(1120 votes)

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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.

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93 members

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Géza Röhrig

Saul Ausländer

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Levente Molnár

Abraham

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Urs Rechn

Eli Biederman

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Todd Charmont

Bearded Prisoner

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Jerzy Walczak

Rabbi Frankel

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Balázs Farkas

Saul's Son

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Gergö Farkas

Saul's Son

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Sándor Zsótér

Dr. Miklós Nyiszli

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Marcin Czarnik

Feigenbaum

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Orbán Levente

Russian Prisoner

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Kamil Dobrowolski

Mietek

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Uwe Lauer

Oberscharführer Voss

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Christian Harting

Oberscharführer Busch

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Attila Fritz

Yankl

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Mihály Kormos

Schlojme

Art

Márton Ágh

Apikojresz

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Amitai Kedar

Hirsch

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István Pion

Katz

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Juli Jakab

Ella

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Tamás Polgár

Landesman

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Rozi Székely

Female Kapo

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Ernő Fekete

SS Doctor

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László Somorjai

Elderly Rabbi

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Eszter Csépai

Young Girl in Female Barrack

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Tom Pilath

SS Officer

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Björn Freiberg

Soldier

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Péter Takátsy

Soldier

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Zsolt Alkay

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Bálint Bagladi

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Norbert Bagladi

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Zoltán Bathó

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Tamás Brán

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Bence Farkas

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Péter Forgács

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András Kauderer

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Gábor Klaus

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Péter Kocsis

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Márk Kovács

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Oszkár Kovácsovich

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Krisztián Kálmán

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Gergely Lörincz

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Zoltán Nádasi

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István Péntek

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Tamás Pénzes

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István Rubóczki

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Gábor Rénes

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Dmitrij Szabanyin

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István János Takács

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Viktória Dányi

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Tamás Bakó

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Gyula Berger

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Anna Biczik

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Arnaud Blondel

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Gábor Bora

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Marcio Canabarro

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Gyula Cserepes

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Mendy Cahan

Special Commando Member

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Ákos Orosz

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Péter Kőszegi

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Csaba Formanek

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Writing

András Jeles

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Tamás Herczeg

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Zoltán Cservák

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Anett Kormos

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Kálmán Kovács

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Bálint Kenyeres

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Péter Fancsikai

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Csaba Krisztik

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Gábor Póczik

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Béla Sebestyén

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Péter Selyebi

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Tamás Steinberger

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Kristóf Törőcsik

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Mitropulosz Vaszilisz

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Sándor Viglász

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Marcell Wrochna

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László Quitt

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Balázs Szitás

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Norbert Varga

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János Vozár

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Krisztián Vranik

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Zoltán Perovics

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Sandor Altmann

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János Tibor Boldizsár

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Dávid Fodor

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Kollátosz Fotisz

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Judit Gál

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János György

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Éva Kelényi

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Tamás Kiss

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László Laskay

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Gábor Molnár Opti

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Patrik Nádas

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