Mr. Knockout (2022)

7.5/10 0 min Drama

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

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

Alexandr Klassen

Evdokiya Lavrukhina

Andrey Sergeev

Anton Bystryakov

Alexey Morozov

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