‘The Survivor’ Review: Clenched Fists - The New York Times

In this drama from Barry Levinson, Ben Foster plays a Jewish boxer who, during the Holocaust, was forced to fight his fellow Jews for the Nazis’ entertainment.

The Survivor, adapted by Justine Juel Gillmer from a book by Hafts son Alan Scott Haft, proceeds through interlocked flashbacks from 1963. A toughened-up but spry and credibly accented Ben Foster pla… [+1065 chars]

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