The Boxer and Death
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| Directed by | Peter Solan |
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| Written by | Jozef Hen, Tibor Vichta, Peter Solan[1] |
| Starring | Stefan Kvietik, Manfred Krug, Gerhard Rachold |
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1962 |
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107 minutes[2] |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
The Boxer and Death (Slovak: Boxer a smrť) is a 1962 Slovak film directed by Peter Solan. The film is based on the life of Polish boxer Tadeusz "Teddy" Pietrzykowski,[3] but in the film the boxer's name is Ján Komínek.[1] It stars Štefan Kvietik and Manfred Krug, and was based on a Polish novel by Jozef Hen.[4] A Hollywood remake Triumph of the Spirit was directed by Robert M. Young in 1989.
