Victor Young Perez

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.

Cast

Brahim Asloum

as Victor Young Perez

Steve Suissa

as Benjamin Perez

Isabella Orsini

as Mireille Balin

Patrick Bouchitey

as Léon Bellières

Davy Sardou

as Maxo

Bruce Payne

as Commandant Heinrich Schwarz

Pierre-Henri Toubas

as Brown

Romain Canonne

as Marcel

Alaa Safi

as Battling Mokhtar

Roma

as Weiss

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