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.
Cast
- Viktor Horinyak as Valery Popenchenko
- Sergey Bezrukov as Grigory Filippovich Kusikyants
- Inga Strelkova-Oboldina
- Evgeniya Dmitrieva
- Angelina Strechina
- Andrey Sergeev as tram passenger
- Viktor Verzhbitskiy
- Andrey Titchenko as Valery Popenchenko in childhood
- Oleg Chugunov
- Irina Romasheva