Film · Drama, History, War
The Champion (2021)
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.
- Director
- Maciej Barczewski
- Writers
- Maciej Barczewski, Kacper Lipiński, Artur Wyrzykowski
- Country
- Poland
- Language
- Polish
- Release date
- August 27, 2021
- Original title
- Mistrz
Cast
Piotr GłowackiTadeusz Pietrzykowski "Teddy"- Jan SzydłowskiJanek
Grzegorz Małeckirapportführer Gerhard
Marcin Bosaklagerführer
Marcin CzarnikBruno
Marek KasprzykErnst
Piotr WitkowskiWalter
Marian Dziędzielrotmistrz
Rafał ZawieruchaKlimko
Kamil SzeptyckiKropp- Marianna PawliszHelcia
Zbigniew PaterakLekarz- Agata MieniukAna
- Miłosz KwiecieńRudi
- Hugh Hanleyoficer z Neuengamme
- Michał Pluskota"Hammerschlag"
- DandrisCzesław Jaszczyński "Bumbo"
- Mateusz Broda
- Jarek WiduchZachar
Anna Krotoskanurse Maria
