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The Boxer and Death

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The Boxer and Death
Directed by	Peter Solan
Written by	Jozef Hen Tibor Vichta Peter Solan^[1]
Starring	Stefan Kvietik Manfred Krug Gerhard Rachold
Production companies	Studio Hranych Filmov, Bratislava^[1]
Release date	1962 (1962)
Running time	107 minutes^[2]
Country	Czechoslovakia

The Boxer and Death (Slovak: Boxer a smrť) is a 1962 Slovak film directed by Peter Solan. The film is based on the life of Polish boxer Tadeusz "Teddy" Pietrzykowski,^[3] but in the film the boxer's name is Ján Komínek.^[1] It stars Štefan Kvietik and Manfred Krug, and was based on a Polish novel by Jozef Hen.^[4]

A Hollywood remake Triumph of the Spirit was directed by Robert M. Young in 1989.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Kehr, Dave (13 August 2004). "Movie Review - The Boxer and Death - Review/Film; Holocaust With a Twist". The New York Times. p. 23. Retrieved 24 April 2014.

^ Cyra, Adam (15 October 2007). "Bokser i śmierć". Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

^ Insdorf, Annette (2003). Indelible Shadows: Film and the Holocaust. Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–. ISBN 9780521016308.

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