Son of Saul: A new light to the Holocaust

Son of Saul (2015) is the tale of a Hungarian Jewish prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp. He is forced to work as a ‘Sonderkommando’ in disposing the bodies of Jewish prisoners in gas chambers. Upon discovering a body of a young Jewish boy, Saul realises that this might be his son and from then on, searches for a Rabbi to give his ‘son’ a proper Jewish burial.

The film is the feature directing debut of László Nemes and stars Géza Röhrig as the lead. Son of Saul won the Academy Award this year for Best Foreign Film and has brought a new light to the topic of Holocaust.

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László NemesPhoto: IMDb

Hungarian Géza Röhrig, the star of 'Son of Saul.Photo: Times of Israel

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Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, and Amitai KedarPhoto: IMDb

Géza RöhrigPhoto: IMDb

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