

Son of Saul
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1M
- Box office
- $1.8M
- Language
- German
- prisoner
- world war ii
- son
- auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp
- rabbi
- 1940s
- sonderkommando
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereTelluride Film Festival4 Sept 2015
- PremiereNew York Film Festival6 Oct 2015
- PremiereHamptons International Film Festival9 Oct 2015
- PremiereChicago International Film Festival22 Oct 2015
- PremiereMiddleburg Film Festival23 Oct 2015
- PremiereSt. Louis International Film Festival / Virginia Film Festival8 Nov 2015
- PremiereAFI Fest / Denver International Film Festival9 Nov 2015
- TheatricalR18 Dec 2015
- PremierePalm Springs International Film Festival2 Jan 2016
United KingdomGB
- PremiereLondon Film Festival10 Oct 2015
- PremiereLeeds International Film Festival8 Nov 2015
- Theatrical1529 Apr 2016
- Physical15DVD4 Jul 2016
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM18 Jan 2016
- PhysicalMBlu-ray20 Apr 2016
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival10 Sept 2015
- PremiereVancouver International Film Festival5 Oct 2015
- PremiereEdmonton International Film Festival7 Oct 2015
- PremiereEuropean Union Film Festival4 Dec 2015
BelgiumBE
- PremiereFilm Fest Gent16 Oct 2015
Bosnia & HerzegovinaBA
- PremiereSarajevo Film Festival19 Aug 2015
BrazilBR
- Theatrical144 Feb 2016
ChinaCN
- PremiereBeijing International Film Festival17 Apr 2016
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1525 Feb 2016
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival15 May 2015
- Theatrical124 Nov 2015
GermanyDE
- PremiereHamburg Film Festival3 Oct 2015
- Digital / OTT1610 Mar 2016
GreeceGR
- PremiereThessaloniki International Film Festival7 Nov 2015
- Theatrical12 Nov 2015
Frequently asked questions
Son of Saul was released on 11 June 2015.
Audience reviews
3- R7/10
Reno
5/4/2016
> Experiencing what Saul's seeing, hearing and undertaking. The World War II is the largest source supplier for the war movies. I have seen numerous breathtaking braverism, as well as heartbreakingly suffering film characters which are based on the real and sometimes fiction. The genre too differs, from action, adventure, war to the comedy, romance, drama et cetera. Since the Academy Awards nominee announcement in…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
1/27/2025
It's maybe appropriate that I watched this on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz camp. It follow the story of the Hungarian Jew "Saul" (Géza Rögrig) who is essentially a sort of prefect for the Nazis. His job is to usher the prisoners to their final shower, meal and thence to the gas chamber. Every now again they have to dispose of the ashes and disinfect the place, and it's a continui…
- R8/10
r96sk
4/16/2025
<em>'Son of Saul'<em> is as upsetting and unimaginable as you would anticipate a film about the Holocaust would be. It is quite unique in terms of its story and how it's portrayed. It's interesting to learn about the Sonderkommandos, a term I somehow wasn't overly familiar with to be honest. Géza Röhrig is outstanding in the leading role, one that requires some big acting chops given the character doesn't speak to…
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