Saul fia = Son of Saul /
October 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Saul Ausländer is a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando, the group of Jewish prisoners isolated from the camp and forced to assist the Nazis in the machinery of large-scale extermination. While working in one of the crematoriums, Saul discovers the body of a boy...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Hungarian |
| Language Notes: | Hungarian dialogue; Spanish, Portuguese, English or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); English described video. |
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Culver City, California :
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
[2016]
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| Summary: | October 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Saul Ausländer is a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando, the group of Jewish prisoners isolated from the camp and forced to assist the Nazis in the machinery of large-scale extermination. While working in one of the crematoriums, Saul discovers the body of a boy he takes for his son. As the Sonderkommando plans a rebellion, Saul decides to carry out an impossible task: save the child's body from the flames, find a rabbi to recite the mourner's Kaddish. |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015. "This film has been supported by a grant from The Conference on Material Claims Against Germany."--End credits. Special features: commentary with László Nemes, Géza Röhrig and Mátyás Erdély. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, region 1, (1.37:1 aspect ratio) full screen; 5.1 Dolby Digital. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: R; for disturbing violent content, and some graphic nudity. CHV rating: 14A |
| Production Credits: | Film editor, Matthieu Taponier ; music, Melis László ; cinematographer, Erdély Mátyás. |