Film
The Champion
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.
Overview
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 GłowackiTadeusz Pietrzykowski "Teddy"
- Jan SzydłowskiJanek
- Grzegorz Małeckirapportführer Gerhard
- Marcin Bosaklagerführer
- Marcin CzarnikBruno
- Marek KasprzykErnst
- Piotr WitkowskiWalter
- Marian Dziędzielrotmistrz
