film

Fighter

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Producer(s)	Jonathan Crosby, Alex Mamlet
Director(s)	Amir-Bar Lev
Release Date	2002
Format(s)	video, DVD
Language(s)	English
Youth Media	no

Film Description

We first meet Jan Wiener in Lenox, Massachusetts, where the 77-year old is pummeling a boxing bag in his garage. "Boxing taught me to take a blow and get up" he growls, between punches. "Its very similar to life- you have to keep to rules that are strict."

Fighter then follows Jan and Arnost as they journey to the old country. Jan revisits the office of the Czech collaborator who granted him an exit visa but told him not to expect to live long enough to wear out more than one pair of shoes. From that moment on, Jan was determined to survive and return to Prague to get revenge on this man for humiliating him. As a decorated war hero he returned to the same office, found the collaborator, put a gun to his head, and reminded him of his treatment of Jews six years earlier.