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The Champion
The Champion

The Champion

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It is 1940. The first transport of prisoners arrives at the newly created concentration camp Auschwitz. One of them is Tadeusz “Teddy” Pietrzykowski, pre-war boxing champion of Warsaw. The camp officers force him to fight in the ring for his and other prisoners’ lives. However, his every win strengthens the hope that Nazis are not invincible. Auschwitz officers notice the growing resistance. The confrontation with the authorities of the camp becomes inevitable.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$43663

Status

Released

Original Language

Polish

Runtime

91 mins

Rating

7.676/10

Release Date

27 August 2021

Country

Poland

Cast

Piotr Głowacki

Piotr Głowacki

Tadeusz Pietrzykowski "Teddy"

Jan Szydłowski

Jan Szydłowski

Janek

Grzegorz Małecki

Grzegorz Małecki

rapportführer Gerhard

Marcin Bosak

Marcin Bosak

lagerführer

Marcin Czarnik

Marcin Czarnik

Bruno

Marek Kasprzyk

Marek Kasprzyk

Ernst

Piotr Witkowski

Piotr Witkowski

Walter

Marian Dziędziel

Marian Dziędziel

rotmistrz

Rafał Zawierucha

Rafał Zawierucha

Klimko

Kamil Szeptycki

Kamil Szeptycki

Kropp

Marianna Pawlisz

Marianna Pawlisz

Helcia

Zbigniew Paterak

Zbigniew Paterak

Lekarz

Agata Mieniuk

Agata Mieniuk

Ana

Miłosz Kwiecień

Miłosz Kwiecień

Rudi

Hugh Hanley

Hugh Hanley

oficer z Neuengamme

Michał Pluskota

Michał Pluskota

"Hammerschlag"

Dandris

Dandris

Czesław Jaszczyński "Bumbo"

Mateusz Broda

Mateusz Broda

Jarek Widuch

Jarek Widuch

Zachar

Anna Krotoska

Anna Krotoska

nurse Maria

Marek Kossakowski

Marek Kossakowski

muslim

Grzegorz Artman

Grzegorz Artman

Mordechaj

Andrzej Pieczyński

Andrzej Pieczyński

Franciscan

Konrad Ostrowski

Konrad Ostrowski

Max

Jacek Król

Jacek Król

drunk SS man

Tomasz Więcek

Tomasz Więcek

SS man

Paweł Jusiński

Paweł Jusiński

bearded man

Marcel Nóżka

Marcel Nóżka

Dariusz Pieróg

Dariusz Pieróg

prisoner nr 146

Łukasz Czubak

Łukasz Czubak

prisoner nr 934

Piotr Nowacki

Piotr Nowacki

Szymon Burnos

Szymon Burnos

pianist

Tomasz Lewandowski

Tomasz Lewandowski

prisoner

Kajetan Miros

Kajetan Miros

prisoner

Greta Burzyńska

Greta Burzyńska

mother with a baby

Jeremi Nóżka

Jeremi Nóżka

Ryszard Kluge

Ryszard Kluge

carpenter

Klara Williams

Klara Williams

nurse

Konrad Marszałek

Konrad Marszałek

Wojciech P. Wiesiołek

Wojciech P. Wiesiołek

Jonas Blankenheim

Jonas Blankenheim

Julia Stawicka

Julia Stawicka

Oleksandr Ilashchuk

Oleksandr Ilashchuk

Remigiusz Kramek

Remigiusz Kramek

Dawid Damasiewicz

Dawid Damasiewicz

hairdresser

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