Fighter (2000 film)

2000 film by Amir Bar-Lev

"Fighter"

Directed by| Amir Bar-Lev
Starring| Jan Wiener
Arnošt Lustig
Distributed by| First Run Features

Release date

* 2000 (2000)

Running time

| 91 minutes

Fighter is a documentary film about Arnošt Lustig (1926–2011)[1] and Jan Wiener (1920–2010),[2] two Jews who return to Europe to revisit the past.

A survivor of Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, and Buchenwald, Lustig was a Prague-based journalist and author. The German-born Wiener escaped from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, and joined the Royal Air Force in Italy. The film retraces Wiener's escape route, and visits Theresienstadt (where Wiener's mother died), Auschwitz, and Buchenwald. It received a Special Jury Citation in the 2000 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Best Documentary at the Newport International Film Festival, and the audience award at the Hamptons International Film Festival.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Czech Jewish writer Arnost Lustig dies". České noviny (Czech News Agency). 2011-02-26. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
2. ^ "Jan Wiener, Who Fought in Britain's Air Force After Fleeing Nazis, Dies at 90" Los Angeles Times 26 November 2010
3. ^ Official site Archived 2007-09-06 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

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* "Fighter"
* "Fighter" at AllMovie
* Fighter at IMDb

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