Triumph of the Spirit (1989)

120 min · Drama, Justice Drama, Sport, War Film, biographical film, boxing film, drama film

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Directors

Robert M. Young

Cast

Willem Dafoe, Edward James Olmos, Robert Loggia, Wendy Gazelle, Costas Mandylor, Kario Salem

The story

A stevedore in Thessaloniki, Greece, Salamo Arouch's passion is boxing. Captured along with his family and fiancée Allegra in 1943 and interned in Auschwitz, Arouch is used by his SS captors as entertainment, forced to box against fellow prisoners. He knows that if he refuses, his family will be punished; if he wins, he will be given extra rations which he can share with them; if he loses, he will be sent to the gas chamber.

Catalogue themes and tags

1940s, Auschwitz, Boxing, Boxing Ring, Boxing match, Boxkämpfer, Europe, Gladiator Fight, Kampf um Existens, Mass Murder, Murder of Parents, Murder of a Friend, Polen, Prisoner Of War Camp, Prisoner of War, Sträfling, Threat to Death, World War 2, Überlebenswille, Biography, Sports, Period piece, Drama, Docudrama, War film, Biographical film

Genres

Drama, Justice Drama, Sport, War Film, biographical film, boxing film, drama film

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