- 6.15pm: Film screening of Son of Saul (100 minutes)
- 8.15pm - 9.00pm: Panel Discussion
Film screening of Son of Saul
Watch via Box of Broadcasts at any time (University of Essex staff and students only) or join us for our in-person screening in Cine 10.
Oscar-winning drama set in Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944. Saul Auslander is a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando, a unit of death camp prisoners forced to work for the Germans as they exterminate their fellow prisoners. One day Saul sees the body of a young child who he believes to be his own son, and he becomes obsessed with rescuing it from suffering the fate of the other murdered prisoners.
If you’d like to find out more about the film in advance, why not take a look at some reviews or watch the short interview with the Film’s Director - László Nemes.
Content warning: antisemitism, verbal abuse, physical violence, nudity, death.
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Panel discussion following Son of Saul
Join Dr Andrew Fagan, Director of the Human Rights Centre and Co-chair of the Holocaust Memorial Week Organising Committee, Professor Carla Ferstman from the School of Law, and Professor Liz Kuti from the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies for an online panel discussion following the screening of ‘Son of Saul’. Please register in advance to attend the panel discussion.
Find out about other University of Essex Holocaust Memorial Week Events.