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Son of Saul

Duration: 1 hour, 41 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

1944 Auschwitz - Saul Auslander is a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando, a unit of concentration camp prisoners forced to work for the Germans as they exterminate their fellow prisoners. One day Saul sees the body of a young child who he believes to be his own son, and he becomes obsessed with rescuing it from suffering the fate of the other murdered prisoners.

In German, Hungarian, Yiddish, Russian, Polish, French, Greek, Slovak and Hebrew - with English subtitles.

Winner of the 2016 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes in 2015. Show less

Contributors

Saul Auslander:
Géza Röhrig
Abraham Warszawski:
Levente Molnár
Oberkapo Biederman:
Urs Rechn
Saul's Son:
Gergö Farkas
Saul's Son:
Balázs Farkas

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