The Champion of Auschwitz (Mistrz)

Daddy!

Name and profession?

Captain Zurawski Marian.

Name, profession?

Piecyk Zdzislaw, carpenter.

Name, profession?

Tadeusz Pietrzykowski, athlete.

Attention!

Take off your hats!

Heil Hitler! Come.

You are the first

in the German concentration camp.

From tomorrow, you will repair the barracks.

The boys are led to our carpentry shop.

If there are Jews among you,

they cannot live for longer than two weeks.

Priests, one month.

The rest, three months.

For enemies of the Third Reich, such as yourselves,

there will be no favors and no mercy.

From here on in there's no exit

other than through the chimney of the crematorium.

Forget about your wives, your children, or your families.

To us, you are not human beings.

Julek!

Julek?

Julek?

- -Julek!

- -

Work!

You there.

At night, there are only half as many.

We will steal civilian clothes from the depot.

Then we'll dismantle the fence.

I ran from the Bolsheviks three times.

These Krauts shouldn't be difficult.

First, we'll come--

Back to work!

Wake up!

Get up!

Get to work!

Out, dogs!

I know you.

From Legia Warsaw.

They called you "Teddy," like the boxer from America.

I've seen you fight for the Polish championship.

Yes? What else have you seen?

By points, the victory should have been yours.

On points? I didn't lose because of points.

You were the best in Warsaw.

Look around.

There's no Legia, no Warsaw here.

There's no "best."

Keep an eye on your food.

You can't survive without it.

We will convert the room on the upper floor

into a tailor's room.

Find two gifted girls.

Rudi,

sweetheart.

My dear, to live and to die here.

Put that there.

And don't get anything filthy, you Pole.

Rudi.

Rudi.

Number 77 reporting, sir.

Albrecht Durer.

Angel with a Key to the Abyss.

You still don't understand? It was for you.

Here, eat.

Attention!

Did you think that I would allow for theft?

-Arrest them. -Yes, sir!

-Forward. Come on. -Faster!

Clean up!

Next!

Faster!

Apple on your head.

Apple.

"He's not afraid of the mountains

in which he has grown.

Should last a year outside our cabin door."

William Tell , Schiller.

Where did you learn that?

We read it at home.

Lashes. Twenty-five each.

So they can feel the power of German poetry.

Then to the penal company.

But, Rapportfuhrer,

I've already filled out five death certificates, not four.

You!

Yes, you.

Your cap.

Bring it here.

Help him.

Did you get their numbers?

Yes.

Five bodies, five marks each.

Makes a total of 25 reichsmarks.

Write it down.

Escape attempt.

In total, that makes 55 reichsmarks.

Yes, sir!

- - Count.

- - One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

Seven.

Eight.

Nine.

Ten.

Eleven.

Twelve.

Thirteen.

Fourteen.

Fifteen.

Sixteen.

Seventeen

Undress!

Put your clothes down next to you.

You'll get them back after a shower.

After, you will get a warm meal.

Move.

Where are we going?

- -

Drown out the noise.

- -

- -

Get to work!

Hold the wheelbarrow.

Get up!

Punch him as hard as you can.

If he hits the ground, the sausage is yours.

Now it's your turn.

- -Oh, bravo.

Not so fast. That was just the first round.

- -Who's going next?

This one.

Come here.

Hit him.

What the hell?

Wait!

Let me try.

You got fat.

-You thief! - One second.

If he loses, he's yours.

If he wins, he gets some bread.

-All right? -Agreed.

Until first blood.

- - Here.

Fight here.

Fucking work!

Fight him now.

- -

No!

Give him bread.

Finally, someone who can fight.

Where did you box?

Warsaw.

Hamburg.

Champion in '38.

A punch, punch, and then a dodge, dodge,

then a punch, punch.

It was terrible.

-I thought it was over. -

Eat.

Walter, I need more food.

And medicine.

You're going to have to earn it.