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Robert Loggia Poppa as Poppa. Wendy Gazelle Allegra as Allegra. Kelly Wolf Elena as Elena. Costas Mandylor Avram as Avram. Kario Salem Jacko as Jacko. Edward Zentara Janush as Janush. Zofia Saretok Momma as Momma. Karolina Twardowska Bemmi as Bemmi. Juranda Krol Sarah as Sarah. Wiktor Mlynarczyk Beppo as Beppo. Robert M. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. 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 fought for the amusement of his captors. His father and brother were also held as insurance that he would continue to fight. Biography Drama History Sport War. Did you know Edit. Trivia Shot on location at the actual Auschwitz death camp. This was first film production that was permitted to shoot at the actual camp.

Some of the existing structures were utilized in the production, however, the crematorium had to be recreated since the actual crematoria in Auschwitz were destroyed by the Nazis. The ruins still exist today. Goofs 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 , 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. Quotes Gypsy : Listen, I'm only going to say this once. User reviews 18 Review. Top review. One of the best holocaust movies I've seen. When Greece was invaded, its Jews were sent to Auschwitz. Among them was boxing champ Salamo Dafoe, determined and his family. When it is discovered that he can fight, he is put in the ring for the entertainment of the SS officers.

This doesn't mean that they're safe, not even with him making a contact with a gypsy Olmos who is also granted a temporary "tolerance". Based on a true story. This is among the most detailed, authentic and gripping pictures about its subject that I know of.

The sheer volume of awful events, ways to be singled out and murdered and lies told by Nazis to avoid panic is impressive for being fit into the 1 hour 51 and a half minute running time. Production values are high. Acting is great for all concerned, with numerous subtle performances.

Going to great lengths to avoid being exploitative, this has few on-screen deaths, piles of dead and little naked skin. And yet, so much is communicated. Some recurring images convey far more than gore ever could. A reaction shot of conveys the horror inside the crematorium.

And we know exactly what it means when we see the smoke from its chimney, or a train pulling in to, as my father solemnly put it as we watched it together, "the end of the line". Further, Tagore argued that disagreement and different notions were of utmost importance. Violence begets violence and blind stupidity.

Freedom of mind is needed for the reception of truth; terror hopelessly kills it. Though Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi shared a philosophical affinity and mutual respect, their disagreement on nationalism would culminate in debates that continue to be relevant. Tagore had warned Gandhi that there remained a thin line that divided nationalism and xenophobia.

It is carnivorous and cannibalistic in its tendencies, it feeds upon the resources of other peoples and tries to swallow their whole future. It is always afraid of other races achieving eminence, naming it as a peril, and tries to thwart all symptoms of greatness outside its own boundaries, forcing down races of men who are weaker, to be eternally fixed in their weakness.

The poet, though, was hardly unaware of the criticism that his ideas opened him up to.