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The Champion

The Champion

20217.71h 31m

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.

Directed by Maciej Barczewski
Written by Maciej Barczewski, Kacper Lipiński, Artur Wyrzykowski
Produced by Krzysztof Szpetmański, Leszek Starzyński, Wojciech Widelski
Box Office0Revenue: $44K

Top Cast

Piotr Głowacki

Piotr Głowacki

Tadeusz Pietrzykowski "Teddy"

J

Jan Szydłowski

Janek

Grzegorz Małecki

Grzegorz Małecki

rapportführer Gerhard

Marcin Bosak

Marcin Bosak

lagerführer

Marcin Czarnik

Marcin Czarnik

Bruno

Marek Kasprzyk

Marek Kasprzyk

Ernst

Piotr Witkowski

Piotr Witkowski

Walter

Marian Dziędziel

Marian Dziędziel

rotmistrz

Rafał Zawierucha

Rafał Zawierucha

Klimko

Kamil Szeptycki

Kamil Szeptycki

Kropp

Themes & Keywords

concentration campauschwitz-birkenau concentration campboxing champion

About The Champion

The Champion is a drama, history, war film released in 2021 exploring themes of concentration camp, auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp, boxing champion. Directed by Maciej Barczewski, it stars Piotr Głowacki, Jan Szydłowski, Grzegorz Małecki. 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.

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