Victor Young Perez

Victor Young Perez

2013 · 103 min · ★ 5.9 · Drama, History

Victor Perez was a Jewish boxer who became world flyweight champion in 1931 and 1932, but was transported to Auschwitz concentration camp when Paris fell to the Nazi s in 1943. While there he was forced into slave labour and made to participate in violent boxing matches for the amusement of the Nazi guards. Surviving Auschwitz tells Victors astonishing, harrowing, brutal and incredibly moving true story.

Directed by Jacques Ouaniche · Written by Jacques Ouaniche

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Brahim Asloum Victor Young Perez
Steve Suissa Benjamin Perez
Isabella Orsini Mireille Balin
Patrick Bouchitey Léon Bellières
Davy Sardou Maxo
Bruce Payne Commandant Heinrich Schwarz
Pierre-Henri Toubas Brown
Romain Canonne Marcel
Alaa Safi Battling Mokhtar
Roma Weiss
Colin Deleau Kurtz
Albert Iluz Jo Baranes

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