| Fateless | |
| Director: | Lajos Koltai |
| Producer: | Lajos Koltai András Hámori Ildikó Kemény Jonathan Olsberg Lajos Szakacsi |
| Starring: | Marcell Nagy Áron Dimény András M. Kecskés József Gyabronka Endre Harkányi |
| Music: | Ennio Morricone |
| Cinematography: | Gyula Pados |
| Editing: | Hajnal Sellő |
| Distributor: | THINKFilm |
| Runtime: | 136 minutes |
| Country: | Germany Hungary United Kingdom |
| Language: | Hungarian German English |
| Gross: | $2,512,009[1] |
Fateless (Hungarian: Sorstalanság) is a Hungarian film directed by Lajos Koltai, released in 2005. It is based on the semi-autobiographical novel Fatelessness by the Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész, who also wrote the screenplay. It tells the story of a teenage boy who is sent to Auschwitz and Buchenwald.[2]
The film's music was composed by Ennio Morricone, and one of its songs was sung by Lisa Gerrard. The film is one of the most expensive ever produced in Hungary, with a cost of $12 million.[3]
The film also features British actor Daniel Craig, who plays a cameo as a United States Army sergeant.
The film was screened in Hungary and Germany (at Berlinale), at the Telluride Film Festival in Telluride, Colorado as well as the Toronto International Film Festival.[4]