Rent The Champion of Auschwitz (2020)
3.4 of 5 from 54 ratings
1h 28min
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- Synopsis:
- 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'.
- Actors:
- Piotr Glowacki, Jan Szydlowski, Grzegorz Malecki, Marcin Bosak, Marcin Czarnik, Marek Kasprzyk, Piotr Witkowski, Marian Dziedziel, Rafal Zawierucha, Kamil Szeptycki, Marianna Pawlisz, Zbigniew Paterak, Agata Mieniuk, Milosz Kwiecien, Martin Hugh Henley, Michal Pluskota, Lukasz Szoblik, Mateusz Broda, Jaroslaw Widuch, Anna Krotoska
- Directors:
- Maciej Barczewski
- Producers:
- Leszek Starzynski, Krzysztof Szpetmanski
- Writers:
- Maciej Barczewski
- Aka:
- Mistrz / The Champion
- Studio:
- Parkland Entertainment
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Sports & Sport Films
- Countries:
- Poland
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Watchable Polish Film about a Boxer at Auschwitz - The Champion of Auschwitz review by PV
This film stands out as the concentration camp prisoners are not Jewish - their red triangles symbolise political prisoners, maybe communists and socialists. The Auschwitz here is the first one, with the ARBEIT MACHT FREI sign above the entrance, opened in 1930s for political prisoners, not Auschwitz Birkenau II which is the larger second camp.
Fascinating story - there are so many from this time, The usual callous brutality on display.
A slight film, but the main character and the teenage boy in particular are superb actors.
Watch till the very end to see what happened to the boxer.
3.5 stars rounded up.
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