October 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Saul Auslñder is a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando, the group of Jewish prisoners isolated from the camp and forced to assist the Nazis in the machinery of large-scale extermination. While working in one of the crematoriums, Saul discovers the body of a boy he takes for his son. As the Sonderkommando plans a rebellion, Saul decides to carry out an impossible task: save the child's body from the flames, find a rabbi to recite the mourner's Kaddish.
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MPAA rating: R; for disturbing violent content, and some graphic nudity.
CHV rating: 14A
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Hungarian dialogue; Spanish, Portuguese, English or French subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
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