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.
- Released
- 2021-08-27
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Maciej Barczewski
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 from 221 votes
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
- Marianna Pawlisz as Helcia
- Zbigniew Paterak as Lekarz