Ivan the Powerful
7.3
"Strong Ivan" is a film telling an outstanding life story of Ivan Firtsak who was born in June, 1899 in a Ukrainian village Bilky, Irshava district in Zakarpattia Oblast. At the age of 18 he became a performer with a Czechoslovak circus and travelled to 64 countries of the world, astonishing everybody with his victories. He was a weightlifting champion of Czechoslovakia, a bodybuilding champion of Europe. He earned the nickname Strong Ivan Croton for his incredible strength. Ivan Firtsak won a great number of single combats with famous wrestlers of the world. From hands of the Queen of England he received a helmet and a belt decorated with cold and diamonds. American press called him the strongest man of the XX century. In 1937 in the prime of his fame he came back to the homeland.
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Cast
25 people
Dmytro Khaladgi
Ivan Syla
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Ivanna Sakhno
Milka
Known for
Ahsoka
The Mighty Nein
Viktor Maliarenko
Volodymyr Filippov
Vasyl Virastiuk
Velet
Known for
The Stolen Princess
Oleksandr Kovalenko
Viktor Andriienko
Fiksa
Known for
Treasure Island
Oleksandr Havrosh
Saluyanova Natalia
Igor Pismennyi
Pandorsky
Known for
Terra Nova
Alla Ovsyannikova
Bohdan Beniuk
Kovalskiy
Also in
Kandahar
Kapitoshka
Viktor Andriienko Director · Viktor Maliarenko Editor
Budget $16M · First release October 2, 2013 · Produced in Ukraine
Box office
Budget
$15,560,000
Production
Ukrainian State Film Agency
Production
InsightMedia Producing Center
Production · Distribution
Ukraine
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Languages
Original title
Іван Сила
Original language
Ukrainian
Spoken on screen
Ukrainian
Release dates
Ukraine · October 2, 2013
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Singapore
May 18, 2014 · European Union Film Festival
United Kingdom
October 3, 2013
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