Mr. Knockout
7.5
8 votes
February 23, 2022
Overview
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.
Directed by
Where to watch
In United States
Free with ads
Cast
Viktor Horinyak
Valery Popenchenko
Sergey Bezrukov
Grigory Filippovich Kusikyants
Inga Strelkova-Oboldina
Evgeniya Dmitrieva
Angelina Strechina
Andrey Sergeev
tram passenger
Viktor Verzhbitskiy
Andrey Titchenko
Valery Popenchenko in childhood
Oleg Chugunov
Irina Romasheva
Valeriy Sklyarov
Maxim Antonnikov
Dmitry Nikishkin
Viktor Babyuk
Lyudmila Grigorash
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