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Released
1989 · FILM

Triumph of the Spirit

Win and he lives to fight again. Lose and his family dies with him.

Directed by
Runtime
120 min
BiographyDramaHistory
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

During World War II, Salamo Arouch, a passionate boxer, is arrested and sent to a concentration camp. Soon, he is forced to box against his fellow prisoners for the sake of entertainment.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 24

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Norman BuckleyShot by Curtis ClarkScored by Cliff EidelmanDesigned by Jerzy Maslowski

Box Office

1989 · Box office

Grossed $409K worldwide

Worldwide gross

$409K

Worldwide gross$409K

Opening weekend: $34K 8% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $47K11% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3 theaters

Also known as

  • Triumph des Geistesde
  • Triumph des Geistes - Ein Boxer in der Höllede
  • El triunfo del espíritues

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