Son of Saul
War
Drama
Thriller
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son, seeking to give him a proper Jewish burial.
Cast
Géza Röhrig
Saul Ausländer
Levente Molnár
Abraham
Urs Rechn
Eli Biederman
Todd Charmont
Bearded Prisoner
Jerzy Walczak
Rabbi Frankel
Sándor Zsótér
Dr. Miklós Nyiszli
Where to Watch
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Double Feature Pairings
Films that pair perfectly with Son of Saul
Grave of the Fireflies
1988
War as endurance test. Two films that refuse to give you a single moment of comfort while the world burns.
The Pianist
2002
Holocaust survival, intimately told. Two films that put you inside the experience without escape.
The Zone of Interest
2023
Two radical Holocaust perspectives. One film shows the horror from outside the wall. The other traps you inside it. Together they surround Auschwitz completely.