Justine Juel Gillmer(《地球百子》《荒原》)编写剧本,基于哈夫特之子Alan Scott Haft写作的书籍《Harry Haft: Survivor Of Auschwitz, Challenger Of Rocky Marciano》,讲述一个男人在奥斯维辛集中营被迫与狱友进行残酷的角斗,胜利意味着能活着等待另一天的考验,而他击败的76名对手则走上了死亡之路。哈夫特承担了沉重的内疚之情,他尝试通过参加二战后备受瞩目的拳击大赛、与洛基·马西安诺等传奇人物比赛而重新找到活下去的理由,并希望能找到他在战争前爱上的那个女子,她激励了他在纳粹手中活下去的斗志。
A village in Ukraine, near the Russian border. The only thing that slightly disturbs the peace there is the occasional death of an elderly person. That is also why Anatoly returns there: to take care of his dying mother.