Willem Dafoe
Salamo Arouch
Ad
related to: Triumph of the Spirit movieRead Customer Reviews & Find Best Sellers. Free 2-Day Shipping w/Amazon Prime.
Search results
- / Movies & TV Shows
Triumph of the Spirit
1989
- R1989 · Docudrama · 2h 1m
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.
- (2.7K)
- 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.
- $12 million
- Cliff Eidelman
- 8 December 1989
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.
- (33)
- Robert M. Young
- R
- Willem Dafoe
R. Drama · Sport · War. Based on a true story, a captured Jewish boxer is sent to Nazi death camps and forced to fight for the entertainment of the SS officers. Subtitles: English. Starring: Willem Dafoe Robert Loggia Edward James Olmos. Directed by: Robert Young.
- Robert Young
- January 1, 1989
- 120 min
Feb 2, 1990 · Roger Ebert February 02, 1990. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "Triumph of the Spirit" goes to great lengths to establish a basis in fact. It is inspired by a true story, we are told, the story of a Greek Jew who survived the Holocaust because he was an expert boxer.
Triumph Of The Spirit. 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.
1 hr 55 min. 1989. drama. sport. Triumph of the Spirit: Boxer Salamo Arouch is interned in the Nazi death camp Auschwitz. For the amusement of his captors, Salamo is forced to fight his fellow inmates. Unlimited streaming. Cancel anytime. €4.99/month. SIGN UP NOW. Save €19.98 with a yearly subscription.* €59.88 *€39.90/year. SAVE NOW.
