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The Champion
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The Champion

1979-03-02 · 78 min · ★ 9.0

Drama

Tou former boxers meet in the ring again after years for a re-run of an old match. The old loser currently works as a factory executive and he is unwilling to reconcile with his old defeat. He challenges the old winner, whose job in a garage puts him on the opposite end ofthe career ladder. The match is a battle fought between two men who stand for two different attitudes to life. The confrontation results in the revelation that the winner is not always the one whose arm is raised by the referee after the last round.

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Production details

Directors
Dušan Trančík
Production companies
Slovenská filmová tvorba
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Jaroslav TomsaVladimír Valhar
Jaroslav PucherVinco Moravec
Dagmar KováčikováViola
Pavla BožíkováJustína Kmeťková
Gejza MarákyMiki Belan
Juraj Králik
Kristína Sitárová
Věra Uzelacová
Eva Červená
Karol Šmidke
Henrich Velický
Július Dzurek
Pavol TopoľskýPavol Topoľský
Mário Slivka
Dušan Božík
Simeon Senka
Beáta Králiková
Ján Dražkovič
Kazimír Mužlay
Juraj Bindzár

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