![]() ![]() There, they strip the victims’ clothes of valuables. Set against the backdrop of a Nazi concentration camp in 1944, the story focuses on Saul Ausländer (Géza Röhrig), a Jewish prisoner in the Sonderkommando, responsible for herding unsuspecting fellow Jews into the gas chambers under the pretence of taking a shower. If there are a couple of minor missteps from a purely dramatic perspective, they are easily forgiven. ![]() ![]() A mix of dignity, degradation, and mind-numbing sorrow is presented here without a speck of manipulative sensationalism. ![]() The Hungarian film Son of Saul handles the unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust with a deft subtlety that’s nothing short of admirable. ![]()
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