The Champion

Mistrz

2021 · 91 min · ★ 7.7 / 10 · 219 votes

Drama · History · War

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.

Cast

Piotr Głowacki · Jan Szydłowski · Grzegorz Małecki · Marcin Bosak · Marcin Czarnik · Marek Kasprzyk · Piotr Witkowski · Marian Dziędziel · Rafał Zawierucha · Kamil Szeptycki

Director

Maciej Barczewski