Son of Saul /
October 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Saul (G�eza R�ohrig) is a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando, the group of Jewish prisoners forced to assist the Nazis. While working, Saul discovers the body of a boy he takes for his son. As the Sonderkommando plans a rebellion, Saul decides to carry out an im...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Hungarian |
| Language Notes: | In Hungarian with English subtitles. |
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New York, NY :
Sony Pictures Classics,
2015.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | October 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Saul (G�eza R�ohrig) is a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando, the group of Jewish prisoners forced to assist the Nazis. While working, 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, find a rabbi to recite the mourner's Kaddish and offer the boy a proper burial. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed December 09, 2016). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (108 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 01:47:10 |
| Awards: | Won 2016 Academy Awards, USA, Oscar, Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Won 2016 Golden Globes, USA, Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language Won 2015 Cannes Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize, Competition Won 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Fran�cois Chalais Award Won 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Grand Prize of the Jury Won 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Vulcain Prize for the Technical Artist |
| Production Credits: | Film editor, Matthieu Taponier ; music, L�aszl�o Melis; cinematographer, M�aty�as Erd�ely. |