The Champion
Mistrz
2020, Film, 91 min, Biography, Drama, History, Polish, Poland, MoviePedia score 69
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.
Directed by Maciej Barczewski
Cast
- Piotr Glowacki as Tadeusz Pietrzykowski 'Teddy'
- Jan Szydlowski as Janek
- Grzegorz Malecki as Rapportführer
- Marcin Bosak as Lagerführer
- Marcin Czarnik as Bruno
- Marek Kasprzyk as Ernst
- Piotr Witkowski as Walter
- Marian Dziedziel as Captain
- Rafal Zawierucha as Klimko
- Kamil Szeptycki as Kropp
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