An Hungarian youth comes of age at Buchenwald during World War II. György Köves is 14, the son of a merchant who's sent to a forced labor camp. After his father's departure, György gets a job at a brickyard; his bus is stopped and its Jewish occupants sent to camps. There, György find camaraderie, suffering, cruelty, illness, and death. He hears advice on preserving one's dignity and self-esteem. He discovers hatred. If he does survive and returns to Budapest, what will he find? What is natural; what is it to be a Jew? Sepia, black and white, and color alternate to shade the mood.
as György Köves
as Smoker
as Pretty boy
as Bandi Citrom
as Older Kollmann boy
as Rozi
as Finn
as Moskovich
as Fodor
as Lénárt
as Old Kollmann
as Younger Kollmann boy
as US sergeant
as Balszerencsés
as SS Soldier
as SS Soldier
as Inspector
as Terka
as Mr. Steiner
as German officer
as Geography teacher
as Policeman
as Miklós