Victor Young Perez

Victor Young Perez

2013 · 103 min · FR · 5.8 (20 votes)
Dir. Jacques Ouaniche · Starring Brahim Asloum, Steve Suissa, Isabella Orsini, Patrick Bouchitey, Davy Sardou, Bruce Payne · Music Didier Lockwood
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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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A deeply affecting true story of a boxer's fight for survival against unimaginable odds. It's a brutal, yet ultimately inspiring, testament to the human spirit's capacity to endure and find moments of light in the darkest of times.

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