
The Champion
2020 · Movie · NR · 91 min · ★ 7.7
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.
Also known as The Champion of Auschwitz
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2021-08-27
- Language
- PL
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 91 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (216 votes)
Themes
- concentration camp
- auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp
- boxing champion
Cast & crew

Piotr Głowacki
as Tadeusz Pietrzykowski "Teddy"
- JS
Jan Szydłowski
as Janek

Grzegorz Małecki
as rapportführer Gerhard

Marcin Bosak
as lagerführer

Marcin Czarnik
as Bruno

Marek Kasprzyk
as Ernst

Piotr Witkowski
as Walter

Marian Dziędziel
as rotmistrz

Rafał Zawierucha
as Klimko

Kamil Szeptycki
as Kropp
Directed by Maciej Barczewski