Fateless
2005 · 140 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 7,283 VOTES · DIR. Lajos Koltai
Overview
An Hungarian youth comes of age at Buchenwald during World War II. György Köves is 14, the son of a merchant who's sent to a forced labor camp. After his father's departure, György gets a job at a brickyard; his bus is stopped and its Jewish occupants sent to camps. There, György find camaraderie, suffering, cruelty, illness, and death. He hears advice on preserving one's dignity and self-esteem. He discovers hatred. If he does survive and returns to Budapest, what will he find? What is natural; what is it to be a Jew? Sepia, black and white, and color alternate to shade the mood.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,018 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:32 I didn't go to school today.
00:05:59 I'd like him to be with me on this last day. . . before I leave home.
00:10:57 he was one of the best stock exchange correspondents.
00:16:10 Carry on with your meal.
00:20:14 It's your argument - your's and father's.
00:22:38 A small gift.
00:26:54 What happened to you lot?
00:30:13 Have you no sense of responsibility as a policeman?
00:36:16 Don't have any hopes that you can hide your ill-gotten gains
00:41:41 Five minutes changed everything.
00:45:53 People! You've reached the Hungarian border.
00:50:28 Sixteen! Sixteen!
00:55:51 A piano!
01:00:22 Digging up land mines like the other kikes.
01:05:35 At breakfast, and don't watch the others eating at lunch.
01:10:30 And so we are.
01:17:06 Soup for sale.
01:32:00 You crazy? They'll beat your brains in.
01:46:26 What? What?
01:57:05 Here's the SS tattoo under his arm.
01:59:38 We wouldn't be speaking now if I had.
02:04:56 What do you feel now
02:10:02 You debated whether I should take the bus or train to Auschwitz.
02:13:50 To gather strength I stopped for a minute in the square.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,018
Dialogue density7.3 lines / min
First line00:02:32
Final line02:13:50
Production Record
DirectorLajos Koltai
LanguageHU
Budget$250,000
Revenue$2,512,009
IMDb votes7,283