The Boxer and Death (1963)
In a Nazi concentration camp, an escapee awaiting execution is spared when the commandant, a former prize-fighter, discovers the prisoner has amateur boxing ability. Ordered to train, he gradually sharpens his skills. This film, based on the short story of the same name by Polish writer Józef Hen, was the first Slovak psychological drama to be set in a concentration camp. Through his concept of the dual ring and dual contest as representing the fight for survival, director Peter Solan deliberately avoids specific and spectacular situations in order to move with greater discretion and directori
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