Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Language
- Hungarian
- Country
- France, Germany, Israel, United Kingdom, United States, Hungary
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- In Hungarian — subtitles on.
The story
A 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.
- budapest
- hungary
- concentration camp
- world war ii
- hungary
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Péter Fancsikai — Older Kollmann boy
- Zsolt Dér — Rozi
- András M. Kecskés — Finn
- Dani Szabó — Moskovich
- Tibor Mertz — Fodor
- Péter Vida — Lénárt
- Endre Harkányi — Old Kollmann
- Márton Brezina — Younger Kollmann boy
- Daniel Craig — US sergeant
- József Gyabronka — Balszerencsés
- Szabolcs Thuróczy — SS Soldier
- Directed
- Lajos Koltai
- Written
- Imre Kertész
Production
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 92 ratings
- Studio
- Hungarian Motion Picture Ltd., Magic Media, EuroArts, Renegade Films, Hungarian Television, MDR
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