The Boxer and Death

★★★★★

Original title: Boxer a smrt / The Boxer

1963 · 2 h

Directed by Peter Solan

DramaSport

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Cast

Štefan Kvietik Manfred Krug Valentina Thielová Józef Kondrat Edwin Marian Gerhard Rachold

Credits

Written by: Józef Hen

Plot

In a Nazi concentration camp, a commandant makes a deal with a prisoner who is a boxer, to keep the prisoner alive to test his own theories, in a tense, human drama.

Sinekatalog’s take

A tense and humane concentration-camp drama.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (437 votes)
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