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.
Triumph of the Spirit (1989)
Directed by Robert M. Young
Genres - Biography, Drama, History, Sports, War |
Sub-Genres - Biographical Film, Boxing Film |
Release Date - Dec 8, 1989 |
Run Time - 120 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - R
Description by Wikipedia
Movie Info
Budget
$12,000,000
Box Office
$408,839
Tags
1940s, Auschwitz, Balkan, Boxer, Boxing, Concentration Camp, Holocaust, Nazi, Salamo Arouch
Attributes
Narrative Location: Poland
Subject: The Holocaust, World War II
Subject: The Holocaust, World War II
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Alternate Titles
A pokol bajnoka
HU
El triunfo del espíritu
ES
Håbets sejr
DK
O thriamvos tis thelisis
GR
O Triunfo do Espírito
PT
Oltre la vittoria
IT
Tahdon voitto
FI
Triumf ducha
PL
Triumph des Geistes
DE
Triumph des Geistes - Ein Boxer in der Hölle
DE
Triumph Of The Spirit
Triumph of the Spirit
CA, GB, US
Triunfo do Espírito
BR
Viljans seger
SE
Viljans triumf
SE
Vinn eller dø
NO
Yaşamak İçin
TR
Триумф духа
, RU
Триумф на духа
BG
生きるために
JP