Triumph Of The Spirit (1989)

Triumph Of The Spirit
Director: Robert M. Young
Starring: Willem Dafoe  Edward James Olmos  Robert Loggia  Wendy Gazelle  Kelly Wolf
Year of release: 1989
Running time: 115 Min.
Age restriction: 13 V
Category: War  

Fact based story about a former Greek Olympic boxer (Dafoe) 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 fought for the amusement of his captors. His father (Loggia) and brother (Mandylor) were also held as insurance that he would continue to fight. Edward James Olmos also appears as a strong willed gypsy that is the leader of the prison factions.