Overview

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.

Cast

Marcell Nagy

György Köves

Béla Dóra

Smoker

N/A

Bálint Péntek

Pretty boy

Áron Dimény

Bandi Citrom

Péter Fancsikai

Older Kollmann boy

Zsolt Dér

Rozi

N/A

András M. Kecskés

Finn

Dani Szabó

Moskovich

N/A

Tibor Mertz

Fodor

Péter Vida

Lénárt

Endre Harkányi

Old Kollmann

N/A

Márton Brezina

Younger Kollmann boy