Fateless (film)

Fateless (Hungarian: Sorstalanság) is a Hungarian film directed by Lajos Koltai, released in 2005. It is based on the semi-autobiographical novel Fatelessness by the Nobel Prize-winner Imre Kertész, who also wrote the screenplay. It tells the story of a teenage boy who is sent to Auschwitz and Buchenwald.

Fateless
Hungarian-language poster
Directed by	Lajos Koltai
Produced by	Lajos Koltai András Hámori Ildikó Kemény Jonathan Olsberg Lajos Szakacsi
Written by	Imre Kertész
Starring	Marcell Nagy Áron Dimény András M. Kecskés József Gyabronka Endre Harkányi
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Cinematography	Gyula Pados
Edited by	Hajnal Sellő
Distributed by	THINKFilm
Release date	8 February 2005 (2005-02-08) (Hungarian Film Festival) 6 January 2006 (2006-01-06) (United States)
Running time	136 minutes
Country	Germany Hungary United Kingdom
Language	Hungarian German English

The film's music was composed by Ennio Morricone, and one of its songs was sung by Lisa Gerrard. The film is one of the most expensive movies ever produced in Hungary, with a cost of $12 million.

The film also features British actor Daniel Craig, who plays a cameo as a United States Army sergeant.

The film was screened in Hungary and Germany (at Berlinale), at the Telluride Film Festival in Telluride, Colorado as well as the Toronto International Film Festival.