Willem Dafoe
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Dec 23, 1989 · With Willem Dafoe, Edward James Olmos, Robert Loggia, Wendy Gazelle. In Greece during World War II, a young Jewish boxer, his girlfriend, and their families are sent to Auschwitz. When the camp guards learn of his boxing abilities, they force him to participate in weekly boxing matches.
- (2.8K)
- Biography, Drama, History
- Robert M. Young
- 1989-12-23
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.
Feb 2, 1990 · The film is the story of a man named Salamo ( Willem Dafoe ), a Greek shipped to Auschwitz, where he might have died if his Nazi captors had not discovered that he was a championship boxer. As an entertainment one evening, they set up a boxing match, which Salamo wins. They make him fight again.
In Greece during World War II, Salamo Arouch (Willem Dafoe), a young Jewish boxer, meets regularly with girlfriend Allegra (Wendy Gazelle) until they and their families are sent to Auschwitz.
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- Robert M. Young
- R
- Willem Dafoe
Based on the true story of Greek middle weight boxing champ Salamo Arouch who was sent to a Nazi concentration camp in 1943 and was forced to box both for the amusement of his captors and the survival of his family and others in the barracks. 165 IMDb 6.8 2h 1989. X-Ray R.
- 120 min
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Triumph of the Spirit is a 1989 American film directed by Robert M. Young and starring Willem Dafoe and Edward James Olmos. The screenplay was inspired by true events. The majority of the film is set in the death camp at Auschwitz during the Holocaust and details how the Jewish Greek boxer Salamo Arouch was forced to fight other internees to ...
Summaries. In Greece during World War II, a young Jewish boxer, his girlfriend, and their families are sent to Auschwitz. When the camp guards learn of his boxing abilities, they force him to participate in weekly boxing matches. Fact based story about a former Greek Olympic boxer who was taken as a prisoner during World war II and placed in ...
