THE BOXER AND DEATH
Czechoslovakia / 1962 / 110 min. / Unknown
those wonderful movie cranks
written by: JÓZEF HEN - POVÍDKA BOKSER I ŚMIERĆ
screenplay: JÓZEF HEN, TIBOR VICHTA, PETER SOLAN
directed by: PETER SOLAN
dir. of photography: TIBOR BIATH
music: WILLIAM BUKOVÝ
editor: BEDŘICH VODĚRKA
sound: JÁN KISS
art director: ANTON KRAJČOVIČ
costume designer: FERDINAND KONČEK
production: STUDIO HRANÝCH FILMŮ BRATISLAVA - VS JÁNA MINÁČE
executive producer: VILIAM ČÁNKY
cast: ŠTEFAN KVIETIK, MANFRED KRUG, VALENTINA THIELOVÁ, JÓZEF KONDRAT, EDWIN MARIAN,GERHARD RACHOLD, JINDŘICH NARENTA, EDMUNT OGRODŹINSKI, JANUSZ BOBEK, JÁN KOVÁČIK.
Concentration camp commander and former professional boxer Walter Kraft finds a sparring partner in Slovak prisoner Ján Komínek. With an ostentatious sense of fair play, the former boxer produces a rival who, after proper nutrition and training, manages to beat him. Kraft's sense of superiority is shaken, but his wife persuades him to suppress his desire to liquidate Komínek, and he even enables him to escape from the camp. In the end, however, the spirit of the remorseless pragmatist of death beats that of the sportsman, and Komínek finds himself having to choose between the natural instinct of self-preservation and solidarity with the other prisoners.
Screening
| Date | Time | Hall |
|---|---|---|
| 23.04.2009 | 16:30 | Meštanská Beseda - minikino |
