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During World War II, Salamo Arouch, a passionate boxer, is arrested and sent to a concentration camp. Soon, he is forced to box against his fellow prisoners for the sake of entertainment.


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.

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
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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