SYNOPSIS

Based on the Justine Juel Gillmer Black List script adaptation of the Alan Scott Haft novel Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano, the film tells the story of a boxer who survived Auschwitz by being forced to fight fellow prisoners in the concentration camps in ghoulish gladiatorial battles. If he won, he got fed and allowed to live long enough for the next bout, while the 76 opponents he beat were led to their deaths in the camps. Haunted by the memories and guilt over the price of survival, Haft attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing legends like Rocky Marciano as a way to rediscover a reason to live and to again find the woman he fell in love with before the war, who fueled his drive to survive the Nazis.

First images + Set Pics

found a short vid on Harry Haft's life

I wonder how brutal those fights will be in the movie

The film will premiere this year at Toronto International Film Festival, which runs from September 9-18

Other newly-announced Gala Presentation world premieres include Walt Becker’s Clifford The Big Red Dog; and Barry Levinson’s The Survivor starring Ben Foster. The potential awards contender formerly known as Harry Haft is one of the acquisition titles US buyers have been tracking since it was first pitched to buyers in Cannes two years ago.