Victor Young Perez

2013 5.9 (22 votes) 1h 43m

Genres

Drama History

Production Companies

Nimar Studios
Noé Productions
Mazel Productions
France 3 Cinéma
Transfax Film Productions
Greenhouse Media Investment
Mr. Significant Films
Neyrac Films
CNC
France Télévisions

Overview

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.