A Holocaust-themed movie is dominating Hungarian movie theaters. Ten days after the release of “Fateless,” more than 150,000 viewers had seen it, according to box-office data released Sunday. The movie, based on a novel by Imre Kertesz, a Hungarian Jew who won the 2002 Nobel Prize for literature, is enjoying a stronger showing than many Hollywood blockbusters did in Hungary.
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