Rent Surviving Auschwitz (2013)
3.3 of 5 from 51 ratings
1h 45min
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- Synopsis:
- Victor Perez was a Jewish boxer who became world flyweight champion in 1931 and 1932, but was transported to Auschwitz concentration camp when Paris fell to the Nazis in 1943. While there he was forced into slave labor and made to participate in violent boxing matches for the amusement of the Nazi guards. 'Surviving Auschwitz' tells Victors astonishing, harrowing, brutal and incredibly moving true story.
- Actors:
- Brahim Asloum, Steve Suissa, Isabella Orsini, Patrick Bouchitey, Davy Sardou, Bruce Payne, Pierre Henri Toubas, Romain Canonne, Alaa Safi, Roma, Colin Deleau, Albert Iluz, Dan Herzberg, Médéric Ory, Evelin Hagoel, Shahir Kabaha, Hanna Melzer, Vik Salton, Shani Carpman, Franck Michaud
- Directors:
- Jacques Ouaniche
- Producers:
- Jean-Dominique Chouchan, Nelly Kafsky, Jacques Ouaniche
- Voiced By:
- Julien Chatelet, Wolfgang Pissors
- Writers:
- Yoni Darmon, Jacques Ouaniche
- Aka:
- Victor Young Perez
- Studio:
- High Fliers Video Distribution
- Genres:
- Drama
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Reviews (1) of Surviving Auschwitz
Misleading title for a biopic about a French-Tunisian boxer of the 1930s - Surviving Auschwitz review by PV
The worst thing about this film is the title which is misleading - possibly chosen for marketing reasons. Most of the film is the 1930s life story of Young Perez the boxer in Tunis and Paris. A small portion is at Auchschwitz.
Based on a true story and see the real man's photo at the end.
However, it is a very messy fragmented film - it almost wants to be 2 films. Maybe a TV drama could have covered all this in 2 or more episodes?
In French with subtitles which is great. I hate dubbing.
The acting is great from the lead and others, esp the gold-digger actress.
The use of modern pop music at one stage jars badly though.
2.5 stars rounded up.
The 2020 movie THE CHAMPION OF AUSCHWITZ about a Polish boxer at Auschwitz is mostly set there and a better film than this: It is "The incredible true story of the Polish pre-war boxing champion Tadeusz "Teddy" Pietrzykowski (Piotr Glowacki), who, early on in the Second World War, arrived with the very first transport of prisoners to the newly created Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where he became known as 'The Champion of Auschwitz'."
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