The Boxer and Death

Feb 22, 1963

1h 47m

★ 6.5

Overview

Concentration camp commander Kraft finds out that prisoner Kominek is a former professional boxer. Overnight, the prisoner is made Kraft's exercise partner and unwillingly rises to a privileged position at the camp. His anger over the death of his friend and co-prisoner leads to open revolt. The film brings a new view of human degradation during fascism by a tragic story of one man whose only chance for survival is to accept the rules of an unequal game.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Štúdio hraných filmov Bratislava

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Cast

Jan Komínek

Štefan Kvietik

Kraft

Manfred Krug

Helga

Valentina Thielová

Venzlak

Józef Kondrat

Willi

Edwin Marian

Holder

Gerhard Rachold

Dr. Gluk

Jindřich Narenta

Stasek

Edmund Ogrodziński

Emil

Jan Bobek

Ján Kováčik

Ondro

Zdeněk Kraus

Marian

Ľudovít Ozábal

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