Mr. Knockout

2022· 117 min★ 5.6· Drama

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, Sergey Bezrukov, Inga Strelkova-Oboldina

Director: Artyom Mikhalkov