In a Nazi concentration camp, an escapee awaiting execution is spared when the commandant, a former prize-fighter, discovers the prisoner has amateur boxing ability. Ordered to train, he gradually sharpens his skills.
CountryCzechoslovakia
Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
Production year1962
World premiereFebruary 22, 1963
Release date
February 22, 1963
Czechoslovakia
May 10, 1968
Germany
August 30, 1965
USSR
Also known as
Boxer a smrt, Der Boxer und der Tod, The Boxer and Death, The Boxer, A bokszoló és a halál, Bokser i śmierć, Bokseren og døden, Boxer a smrť, El boxeador y la muerte, O Boxeador e a Morte, Боксёр и смерть, Боксьорът и смъртта