The Boxer and Death
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.
- Year : 1963
- Country : Czechoslovakia
- Genre : Drama
- Studio : Štúdio hraných filmov Bratislava
- Keyword : prisoner, nazi, escape, sports, concentration camp, world war ii, boxer, based on short story, prizefight, starvation
- Director : Peter Solan
- Cast : Štefan Kvietik, Manfred Krug, Valentina Thielová, Józef Kondrat, Edwin Marian, Gerhard Rachold