---
title: 'The Boxer and Death (1963)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter Solan'
released: '1963-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 120
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-boxer-and-death-1963'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056885/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Boxer and Death (1963)

1963 · 120 min · Drama · Czechoslovakia

Original title: Boxer a smrť

## Synopsis

The Boxer and Death is a 1962 Slovak film directed by Peter Solan. The film is based on the life of Polish boxer Tadeusz "Teddy" Pietrzykowski, but in the film the boxer's name is Ján Komínek. It stars Štefan Kvietik and Manfred Krug, and was based on a Polish novel by Jozef Hen.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Peter Solan](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-solan)
- **Screenplay:** [Józef Hen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jozef-hen), [Tibor Vichta](https://cinepixo.com/people/tibor-vichta)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Wiliam Bukový](https://cinepixo.com/people/wiliam-bukovy)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tibor Biath](https://cinepixo.com/people/tibor-biath)
- **Editor:** [Bedrich Voderka](https://cinepixo.com/people/bedrich-voderka)

## Cast

- [Leopold Haverl](https://cinepixo.com/people/leopold-haverl)
- [Hana Slivková](https://cinepixo.com/people/hana-slivkova)
- [Ľudovít Ozábal](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludovit-ozabal)
- [Štefan Winkler](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-winkler)
- [Valentina Thielová](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentina-thielova)
- [Józef Kondrat](https://cinepixo.com/people/jozef-kondrat)
- [Edwin Marian](https://cinepixo.com/people/edwin-marian)
- [Edmund Ogrodzinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-ogrodzinski)
- [Dušan Lenci](https://cinepixo.com/people/dusan-lenci)
- [Štefan Kvietik](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-kvietik)
- [Jindřich Narenta](https://cinepixo.com/people/jindrich-narenta)
- [Gerhard Rachold](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-rachold)
- [Viera Radványiová](https://cinepixo.com/people/viera-radvanyiova)
- [Teodor Piovarci](https://cinepixo.com/people/teodor-piovarci)
- [Manfred Krug](https://cinepixo.com/people/manfred-krug)

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