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The Survivor
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- 2021
- Barry Levinson
- 129 mins
- 15
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Drama based on the story of Harry Haft, a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp who boxed his fellow inmates to stay alive. Haunted by memories and guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing legends like Rocky Marciano as a way to find his first love again. Directed by Barry Levinson and starring Ben Foster, John Leguizamo, Peter Sarsgaard and Danny DeVito
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A star rating of 4 out of 5.
James Mottram
This bruising true story from director Barry Levinson tells of a Polish Jewish man who lived through the Holocaust, despite being sent to Auschwitz. Harry Haft (played by Ben Foster) was picked out by German officer Dietrich Schneider (Billy Magnussen) to entertain his fellow generals by fighting other inmates in the boxing ring. Those left on the canvas are shot dead, while Haft - under Schneider's watch - becomes "the most protected Jew in Poland". Playing out in black-and-white flashbacks, the war-camp sequences are horrifying, presented in between scenes set in the late 40s, where Haft goes up against heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano. Peter Sarsgaard, John Leguizamo and Danny DeVito co-star as the men who support him, though its Vicky Krieps - as Haft's wife-to-be, left dealing with his PTSD - who quietly offers the most telling support. Yet from his gaunt Second World War appearance to his Raging Bull-like transformation into punch-drunk pugilist, Foster proves peerless and delivers the film's final knockout blow.
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rolenameHarry HaftBen Foster (1)Emory AndersonPeter SarsgaardDietrich SchneiderBilly MagnussenPepeJohn LeguizamoCharlie GoldmanDanny DeVitoMiriam WofsonikerVicky Krieps
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