‘The Survivor’: HBO Sets Premiere Date For Harry Haft Drama, Starring Ben Foster, From Director Barry Levinson
deadline.comHBO announced today that Academy Award winner Barry Levinson’s latest film, The Survivor, starring Ben Foster, will premiere on the premium cabler on April 27 at 8 p.m.
ET/PT, in honor of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)—subsequently becoming available for streaming on HBO Max.The HBO Original is based on Alan Haft’s book, Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano.
It tells the incredible true story of Haft (Foster), who after being sent to Auschwitz, survived not only the unspeakable horrors of the camp, but the gladiatorial boxing spectacle he was forced to perform with his fellow prisoners for the amusement of his captors.
Unbeknownst to those who try to destroy him, Haft’s will to survive is driven by his quest to reunite with the woman he loves.Levinson previously directed the HBO films Paterno, The Wizard of Lies and You Don’t Know Jack, which amassed a combined 21 Emmy nominations—and reteamed with Foster after casting him in his first film, Liberty Heights.The script for The Survivor was penned by The 100‘s Justine Juel Gillmer.
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