The film tells the story of the legendary Soviet boxer Valery Popenchenko, USSR and European champion and winner of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His life was a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs - from his childhood in Tashkent’s Suvorov Military School and service as a border guard, to his first victories and failures, and his friendship with Dynamo sports society coach Grigory Kusikyants.
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Viktor Horinyak
Valery Popenchenko
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Sergey Bezrukov
Grigory Filippovich Kusikyants
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Inga Strelkova-Oboldina
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Evgeniya Dmitrieva
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Angelina Strechina
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Andrey Sergeev
tram passenger
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Viktor Verzhbitskiy
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Andrey Titchenko
Valery Popenchenko in childhood
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Oleg Chugunov
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Irina Romasheva
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Valeriy Sklyarov
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Военная разведка: Северный фронт
Maxim Antonnikov
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Artyom Mikhalkov Director · Vladimir Presnyakov Screenplay Oleg Presnyakov Screenplay
First release February 23, 2022 · Produced in Russia · Original title Мистер Нокаут
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Russia
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Original title
Мистер Нокаут
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · February 23, 2022
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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