It is 1940. The first transport of detainees reaches the newly developed concentration camp Auschwitz. Among them is Tadeusz "Teddy" Pietrzykowski, pre-war boxing champ of Warsaw. The camp officers force him to fight in the ring for his as well as other prisoners' lives. However, his every win reinforces the hope that Nazis are not unyielding. Auschwitz officers discover the expanding resistance. The conflict with the authorities of the camp comes to be inevitable.
It is 1940. The first transport of detainees reaches the newly developed concentration camp Auschwitz. Among them is Tadeusz "Teddy" Pietrzykowski, pre-war boxing champ of Warsaw. The camp officers force him to fight in the ring for his as well as other prisoners' lives. However, his every win reinforces the hope that Nazis are not unyielding. Auschwitz officers discover the expanding resistance. The conflict with the authorities of the camp comes to be inevitable.