Son of Saul

2015 • 107 minutes
3.8
121 reviews
96%
Tomatometer
R
Rating
Eligible
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October 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Saul (Géza Röhrig) is a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando, the group of Jewish prisoners forced to assist the Nazis in the machinery of large-scale extermination. 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 from the flames, find a rabbi to recite the mourner's Kaddish and offer the boy a proper burial.
Rating
R

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3.8
121 reviews
Julia M
January 6, 2017
Some of the reviewers on here are just disgustingly racist my family is from Jewish decent I can't believe they are saying poor jews it is a great depiction of reality my grandmother's friend was a survivor of the holocaust and tells stories like this many times
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Ecce Collier
June 27, 2016
This movie shows how sick and selfish men can be - didn't like the narrative/storyline. It was difficult to watch because of the camera angles. It was a movie about a psychopath who had a sick fascination with boys who happened to be enslaved during the Holocaust.
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Anuj Rana
June 6, 2016
For movies about the holocaust this takes a unique look at the story. A dark "life is beautiful" if you will with less narrative. Well shot and well acted. The subtitles are poor tho - I would recommend not watching here on Google and getting a copy.
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