The Boxer and Death

35 mmORSV12
Director:Peter Solan
Cast:Hrají: Štefan Kvietik, Valentina Thielová, Józef Kondrat, Gerhard Rachold
Premiere:22. February 1963
Length:102 minutes
Genre:Drama

The Boxer and Death

Boxer a smrť; Peter Solan, 1962, versions: OR,SV, languages: deu, pol, slk

Spotlight Slovensko: Odváž sa alebo zomri – prežiť holokaust?

Director: Peter Solan • Podľa predlohy: Józef Hen (kniha) • Scenario: Tibor Vichta, Józef Hen • Camera: Tibor Biath • Music: Wiliam Bukový • Cast: Hrají: Štefan Kvietik, Valentina Thielová, Józef Kondrat, Gerhard Rachold, Manfred Krug, Edwin Marian, Jindřich Narenta, Ján Kováčik, Ľudovít Ozábal, Jan Bobek, Štefan Winkler • Haircut: Bedřich Voděrka • Scénografie: Anton Krajčovič • Makeup man: Anton Gendiar • Costumes: Anna Liďáková

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.

Length: 102 min

Year: 1962
Local premiere date: 22. February 1963
World premiere date: 22. February 1963

Country of origin:

  • Czechoslovakia

Language version:

OR - Original version (german, polish, slovak)
SV - Slovak version

Spotlight Slovensko: Odváž sa alebo zomri – prežiť holokaust?

Director: Peter Solan • Podľa predlohy: Józef Hen (kniha) • Scenario: Tibor Vichta, Józef Hen • Camera: Tibor Biath • Music: Wiliam Bukový • Cast: Hrají: Štefan Kvietik, Valentina Thielová, Józef Kondrat, Gerhard Rachold, Manfred Krug, Edwin Marian, Jindřich Narenta, Ján Kováčik, Ľudovít Ozábal, Jan Bobek, Štefan Winkler • Haircut: Bedřich Voděrka • Scénografie: Anton Krajčovič • Makeup man: Anton Gendiar • Costumes: Anna Liďáková

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: 1962
Local premiere date: 22. February 1963
World premiere date: 22. February 1963

Country of origin:

  • Czechoslovakia

Language version:

OR - Original version (german, polish, slovak)
SV - Slovak version