The Champion

The Champion (2021)

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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.

Date of release
2021-08-27
TMDB
7.7 / 10 (221)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Drama, History, War
Director
Maciej Barczewski

Casting

Interesting facts

The Champion, released in some English-speaking countries as The Champion of Auschwitz, is a 2020 Polish sports drama film written and directed by Maciej Barczewski. It stars Piotr Głowacki as Tadeusz Pietrzykowski, a real-life Polish boxer who became famous for his nearly undefeated strings of victories in the Nazi Germany concentration camps. The film also stars Rafal Zawierucha, Marcin Czarnik and Marian Dziedziel. The music was composed by Bartosz Chajdecki. This is the first full-length movie directed by Barczewski.

Development

The film was announced in 2019. The shooting finished in January 2020. The movie was initially scheduled for release for 16 October 2020 but has been delayed with the new release date given as March 2021. The delay was likely caused by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Polish cinemas.

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