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'Son of Saul' Captures Intense Brutality of Auschwitz

JL;DR SUMMARY The Hungarian Holocaust drama 'Son of Saul,' starring Geza Rohrig, is a haunting cinematic portrayal of life within the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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AuschwitzHolocaustJewish IdentitySufferingSonderkommandoSon Of SaulGeza RohrigLaszlo NemesCinematic PortrayalHungarian Film

Places mentioned

Budapest, Hungary
"Two weeks after winning the Grand Prix, Nemes was in Budapest for the films Hungarian premiere."
Berlin, Germany
"A.J. Goldmann is a freelance writer based in Berlin."
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
"A.J. Goldmann is a writer based between Munich and Berlin."
New York, United States
"which is receiving its American premiere at the New York Film Festival on October 5."
Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, France
"it was the sunken, haunted face of Geza Rhrig the 48-year-old star of one of the festivals most acclaimed films, the Hungarian Holocaust drama Son of Saul, which is receiving its American premiere at the New York Film Festival on October 5. On the Croisette, Rhrig, a poet with little prior acting experience, was glimpsed in two separate guises: As he appeared in the film, with gray, sickly skin pulled tight over wan cheeks, with haunted eyes and a cold sore (one critic compared his look to that of a pterodactyl), or walking the red carpet with a rabbinical beard, wearing a barely visible black-velvet yarmulke floati..."

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