Here’s the trailer for The Survivor, a Ben Foster-led true story about Harry Haft, a Polish man who is forced to fight as a boxer in a concentration camp during the Holocaust in WWII. The film premiered at last year’s TIFF where we managed to catch it.
Here’s the story.
When the Nazis invade Poland, Harry Haft is sent to the Auschwitz extermination camp. He is a powerfully built man, so a charming but sadistic Nazi officer offers him an impossible deal: fight fellow prisoners in the boxing ring for the amusement of his captors, or die. The winner of the bout survives to fight again. The loser is shot or sent to the gas chamber. How far will Harry’s will to live take him? What will he do to escape the death all around him?
As the headline says, the film is bound for HBO stateside, premiering on 27th April. Peter Sarsgaard, John Leguizamo, Billy Magnussen, and Danny DeVito are also among the cast of the film, which is directed by Barry Levinson.
I really liked the film, specifically Foster’s performance. As always, he is exceptional.
This is the first trailer for the film, which you can watch below.
