The Boxer and Death

The Boxer and Death
Directed byPeter Solan
Written byJozef Hen
Tibor Vichta
Peter Solan[1]
StarringStefan Kvietik
Manfred Krug
Gerhard Rachold
Production
companies
Release date
  • 1962 (1962)
Running time
107 minutes[2]
CountryCzechoslovakia

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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Bleiler, David (30 October 1999). TLA Film and Video Guide: The Discerning Film Lover's Guide 2000-2001. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 72. ISBN 9780312243302.
  3. ^ Cyra, Adam (15 October 2007). "Bokser i śmierć". Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. ^ Insdorf, Annette (2003). Indelible Shadows: Film and the Holocaust. Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–. ISBN 9780521016308.