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| Directed by | Robert M. Young |
| Written by | Andrzej Krakowski Laurence Heath |
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| Cinematography | Curtis Clark |
| Edited by | Norman Buckley Arthur Coburn |
| Music by | Cliff Eidelman |
Production company | Nova International Films |
| Distributed by | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12 million |
| Box office | $408,839 |
Triumph of the Spirit is a 1989 American biographical drama film directed by Robert M. Young and starring Willem Dafoe and Edward James Olmos. The screenplay was inspired by true events, the same as the older Slovak film The Boxer and Death directed by Peter Solan. The majority of the film is set in the German POW camp at Auschwitz during the Holocaust and details how the Jewish Greek boxer Salamo Arouch was forced to fight other internees to the death for the SS guards' entertainment.