The Boxer and Death

(1963)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 13 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1963

Runtime: 107 мин

Country: Czechoslovakia

Director: Peter Solan

Cast: Štefan Kvietik, Manfred Krug, Valentina Thielová, Józef Kondrat, Edwin Marian, Gerhard Rachold, Jindřich Narenta, Edmund Ogrodziński, Jan Bobek, Ján Kováčik

Plot

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.