The Boxer and Death
A socio-psychological drama set in a Nazi concentration camp, where a prisoner, a former boxer, faces the camp commandant in the ring.
- Boxer a smrť
- Czechoslovakia 1962
-
- Slovak
- English
- 107 min.
- Accessible
About
The most important work by Slovak director and screenwriter Peter Solan, filmed during the "Golden Sixties”. A film offering a new approach to the theme of humiliating of poeple during fascism. It captures the tragedy of a man whose only chance to survive is to become a human target of the concentration camp commander's passion for boxing.
Read more
Credits
Director:
Peter Solan
Based on:
Józef Hen
Screenplay:
Józef Hen, Tibor Vichta, Peter Solan
Cinematography:
Tibor Biath
Music:
Wiliam Bukový
Sound:
Eugen Kiss
Editing:
Bedřich Voděrka
Production Design:
Anton Krajčovič
Producer:
Viliam Čánky
Costumes:
Ferdinand Konček
Cast:
Štefan Kvietik, Manfred Krug, Valentina Thielová, Józef Kondrat, Edwin Marian, Gerhard Rachold, Jindřich Narenta, Edmund Ogrodźinski, Janusz Bobek, Ján Kováčik
Links
Similiar content
-
Subscription
Wild Lilies
Poetic tragicomedy
-
Subscription
322
Psychological drama
-
Subscription
The Sun in a Net
Drama
-
Subscription
Smrt si říká Engelchen
Válečné drama
-
Subscription
Nebeští jezdci
Válečné drama
-
Subscription
A Carriage Going to Vienna
War drama
-
Subscription
Distant Journey
Drama
-
Subscription
Diamonds of the Night
Drama
-
Subscription
Closely Watched Trains
Comedy
-
Subscription
Nabarvené ptáče
Historické drama