The Survivor

The Survivor

Harry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing legends like Rocky Marciano as a way to find his first love again.

  • Released: 2022-04-07
  • Runtime: 129 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Stars: Ben Foster, Vicky Krieps, Billy Magnussen, Peter Sarsgaard, John Leguizamo, Danny DeVito, Dar Zuzovsky, Saro Emirze, Zachary Golinger, Laurent Papot, Paul Bates, Svetlana Kundish, Sonya Cullingford, Michael Epp, Erik Contzius, Kingston Vernes, Sophie Knapp, Zachary Golinger, Charles Brice, Scott Alexander Young, John Guerrasio, Pablo Raybould, Amalina Ace, Bálint Magyar, Márk Szekulesz, Aaron Serotsky, Miklós Kapácsy, Andrew Hefler, Kristóf Widder, Patrick McCullough, Peter Linka, Hans Peterson, Katia Bokor, Stephen Saracco, Björn Freiberg, Nikos Brisco, Alan Jouban, Adam Zambryzcki, András Kovács, Gábor Czap, Anthony Molinari, Zsolt Erdei
  • Director: Barry Levinson
 Comments
  • antoniatejedabarros - 26 September 2023
    A masterpiece about horror, cruelty, guilt, and survival
    The Survivor just came to the Spanish cinemas last week. The movie is truly a masterpiece! How is it possible that this film, being as brilliant as it is, and dealing with such a an important human catastrophe (the Holocaust), didn't receive 1,000 accolades? Ben Foster's performance is absolutely astonishing and breathtaking; the cinematography (George Steel) is brilliant, and the direction (Barry Levinson) is impecable. I loved that the Germans speak/bark in German (and not in English) in the movie. I would have loved that the brothers spoke Yiddish/Polish between themselves. The Kaddish scene is heartbreaking (it made me cry). The monstruous Auschwitz complex had three main camps (Stammlager, Birkenau and Monowitz-Buna, and 45 subcamps: most of the Holocaust scenes occur in one of the subcamps located in Jaworzno, called Neu-Dachs). I just read that the USC Shoah Foundation worked closely with the movie team, and that historical accuracy can be felt in the movie. The Survivor is a crude and necessary movie that masterfully deals with horror, cruelty, guilt, and survivor. A must-see. 10/10.
  • lkavelino - 22 September 2022
    What a great film!
    At the end of this movie I was shocked, because I've never seen the Holocaust like that. The scenes in Auschwitz were terrible to watch, it's all black and white, no colors, like it should be. To come clean, I cried more than three times.

    The story of this movie is so well-written. It's very emotional. I was always seeking for justice in this hole film and, at the same time, wondering how much we get what we really deserve in this life. Just to know that it brought me this questions, it's already worth watching.

    The actors are great here. Ben Foster gave it an incredible performance (such a good actor), and Danny DeVito looks good and funny as Charley Goldman. All actors are amazing.

    Certainly, I wasn't expect that. I thought I'd just watch a dramatic movie of a boxer which had survived the Holocaust. But, no, this movie is so much bigger.