Gerhard Rachold Movies
- 1972
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned from signing a treaty in Munich on September 30, 1939 waving his furled umbrella and proclaiming triumphantly that "we will have peace in our time." That fact that peace was bought at the price of handing over Czechoslovakia to Hitler was not discussed. Further, under strenuous protests from the Czech people and politicians, this nefarious treaty was entered into entirely without their participation. This movie painstakingly recreates the crucial meeting between Hitler, Chamberlain, Mussolini and French Prime Minister Daladier. The exaggerated courtesy with which all the others treated Hitler earned his contempt, and did nothing to stop his long-planned invasion of Poland. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- 1963
The Boxer is a grim Czechoslovakian drama based on an even grimmer true story. Manfred Krug stars as the Nazi commandant of a wartime concentration camp. Considering himself a born pugilist, Krug despairs because none of the emaciated inmates are "worthy" of being his sparring partner. Spotting a potential boxer (Stefan Kvietik) amongst the doomed prisoners, Krug orders that the young man be fattened up for the fight ring. Kvietik at first resists Krug's demands, but agrees to box in order to stay out of the ovens -- and in the hope of negotiating better treatment for his fellow prisoners. Czechoslovakia's 1963 entry in the San Francisco Film Festival, The Boxer can be considered something of a forerunner to 1989's Triumph of the Spirit, wherein Willem Dafoe played real-life Greek/Jewish boxer Salamo Arusch. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Stefan Kvietik, Manfred Krug, (more)
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