Release Date
2013-11-20
Status
Released
Original Title
Victor Young Perez
Runtime
1h 43m
Original Language
FR
Production Countries
Bulgaria, France, Israel
Production Companies
Nimar Studios, Noé Productions, Mazel Productions, France 3 Cinéma, Transfax Film Productions, Greenhouse Media Investment
Overview
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 Nazi s in 1943. While there he was forced into slave labour 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.
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