Pelikan Blue vs The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz

The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.7/10 for Pelikan Blue). The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz is the shorter watch at 1h 10m compared with 1h 20m. Pelikan Blue is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are documentary, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Pelikan Blue posterPelikan Blue2024 VS The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz posterThe Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz2025
Pelikan BlueThe Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 8.0/10
Year20242025
Length1h 20m1h 10m
GenresAnimation, Documentary, HistoryDocumentary, History
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorLászló CsákiStephen Bennett
Main castNóra Trokán, Vivien Rujder, Szabolcs Thuróczy, Olivér Börcsök, Judit CsomaJonah Hauer-King, Heather Morris, Anna Próchniak, Gary Sokolov, George Halasz

Synopsis

Pelikan Blue

Hungary, 1990s. Travel abroad is finally possible, but unaffordable. By forging international train tickets, three young people get to know the world.

The Tattooist's Son: Journey to Auschwitz

Filmed in Melbourne, Slovakia, and Poland, this poignant and intimate one-off documentary will follow Gary Sokolov, the only son of Gita and Lali Sokolov (one of the real-life tattooists of Auschwitz). Their incredible love story began when they met and fell in love as Slovakian Jewish prisoners at Auschwitz Concentration Camp, where the Nazi regime systematically murdered over a million Jews. The film will chart Gary’s first visit to this most…

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