Triumph of the Spirit (1989)
Fact based story about a former Greek Olympic boxer who was taken as a prisoner during World war II and placed in the Auschwitz prison camp. There he was permitted to survive as long as he ... See full summary »
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Elena
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Bemmi
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Director:
Robert M. YoungWriters:
Shimon Arama (story), Zion Haen (story), Andrzej Krakowski (screenplay), Laurence Heath (screenplay)All Cast & Crew
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Trivia
Director Robert M. Young was initially hesitant to take on this project when given the original script. He felt that the subject was too voluminous to be incorporated into one movie. He later agreed when presented with a revised script that focused only on one small element in the death camp, or in Young's own words "like a cork, bubbling on the surface of the sea."
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Gypsy:
Listen, I'm only going to say this once. For those who can hear me tell the rest. First come the SS, our lord and masters. Then comes our block health manager, Kyr. Then come the assistants, Otto and me. Then come the rats. Then come the lice... and...
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The movie shows the end phase of life in Auschwitz and the forced death march as the camp is evacuated. Salamo Arouch is sent to work in the Sonderkomando in the crematorium where suddenly he witnesses the uprising and destruction of what is clearly crematorium II or III. In reality, the uprising occurred in October 1944, months before the evacuation. The SS dismantled the crematoriums over the preceding months and the forced death march evacuations occurred in late January. (In addition, the evacuation occurred in the middle of winter, the movie shows a nice sunny day, where in reality there would have been snow on the ground.)
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Genres
Biography | Drama | History | Sport | WarDetails
Release Date:
23 December 1989Language
English, German
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
PolandBox Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$33,963 10 December 1989
Gross USA:
$408,839
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$408,839
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