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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2021-08-27
Runtime: 91 mins
Director: Maciej Barczewski
Writer: Maciej Barczewski
Spoken language: Deutsch, Polski
Genres: Drama, History, War
Original title: The Champion
Production Companies: Iron Films, Telewizja Polska, Cavatina Studio, Hardkop, Moovi
Production Countries: Poland
Cast
Piotr Głowacki
Jan Szydłowski
Grzegorz Małecki
Marcin Bosak
Marcin Czarnik
Marek Kasprzyk
Piotr Witkowski
Marian Dziędziel
Rafał Zawierucha
Kamil Szeptycki
Marianna Pawlisz
Zbigniew Paterak
Agata Mieniuk
Miłosz Kwiecień
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