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The Champion
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.
2021 · Directed by Maciej Barczewski · 91 min · Drama · History · War · 11 frames
Crew
- Written by: Maciej Barczewski
- Cinematography: Witold Płóciennik
- Edited by: Leszek Starzyński
- Music: Bartosz Chajdecki
- Production design: Ewa Skoczkowska
- Produced by: Leszek Starzyński, Krzysztof Szpetmański, Wojciech Widelski
Cast
- Piotr Głowacki as Tadeusz Pietrzykowski "Teddy"
- Jan Szydłowski as Janek
- Grzegorz Małecki as rapportführer Gerhard
- Marcin Bosak as lagerführer
- Marcin Czarnik as Bruno
- Marek Kasprzyk as Ernst
- Piotr Witkowski as Walter
- Marian Dziędziel as rotmistrz
- Rafał Zawierucha as Klimko
- Kamil Szeptycki as Kropp
Production
- Country: Poland
- Language: German, Polish
- Studios: Iron Films, Telewizja Polska, Cavatina Studio, Hardkop
- Box office: $43,663
- Themes: concentration camp, auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp, boxing champion
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