The Champion
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$43663
Runtime
91 min
Release Date
2021-08-27
Status
Released
Original Language
Polish
Vote Count
198
Vote Average
7.702
Piotr Głowacki
Tadeusz Pietrzykowski "Teddy"
Jan Szydłowski
Janek
Grzegorz Małecki
rapportführer Gerhard
Marcin Bosak
lagerführer
Marcin Czarnik
Bruno
Marek Kasprzyk
Ernst
Piotr Witkowski
Walter
Marian Dziędziel
rotmistrz
Rafał Zawierucha
Klimko
Kamil Szeptycki
Kropp
Marianna Pawlisz
Helcia
Zbigniew Paterak
Lekarz
Agata Mieniuk
Ana
Miłosz Kwiecień
Rudi
Hugh Hanley
oficer z Neuengamme
Michał Pluskota
"Hammerschlag"
Dandris
Czesław Jaszczyński "Bumbo"
Mateusz Broda
Jarek Widuch
Zachar
Anna Krotoska
nurse Maria
Marek Kossakowski
muslim
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Mordechaj
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Franciscan
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Max
Jacek Król
drunk SS man
Tomasz Więcek
SS man
Paweł Jusiński
bearded man
Marcel Nóżka
Dariusz Pieróg
prisoner nr 146
Łukasz Czubak
prisoner nr 934
Piotr Nowacki
Szymon Burnos
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prisoner
Kajetan Miros
prisoner
Greta Burzyńska
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Jeremi Nóżka
Ryszard Kluge
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Klara Williams
nurse
Konrad Marszałek
Wojciech P. Wiesiołek
Jonas Blankenheim
Julia Stawicka
Oleksandr Ilashchuk
Remigiusz Kramek
Dawid Damasiewicz
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