World Champion (film)
World Champion | |
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Russian: Чемпион мира | |
Directed by | Vladimir Gonchukov |
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Cinematography | Grigori Garibyan |
Edited by | Raisa Shor |
Music by | Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi |
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Running time | 86 min. |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
World Champion (Russian: Чемпион мира) is a 1954 Soviet sports drama film directed by Vladimir Gonchukov.[1]
Plot
[edit]Ilya Gromov is a well-known strongman among fellow villagers. Under the guidance of an experienced coach, a simple country boy becomes a world champion in the Greco-Roman wrestling.
Cast
[edit]- Aleksey Vanin[2][3] as Ilya Gromov, wrestler
- Vladimir Volodin as Privalov
- Vasily Merkuryev as Fyodor Bessonov
- Vladimir Gulyaev
- Denis Andreyev
- Veniamin Beloglazov
- Nadezhda Cherednichenko
- Dmitriy Kara-Dmitriev
- Klavdiya Khabarova
- Nikolai Komissarov
- Muza Krepkogorskaya[4]
Release
[edit]Vladimir Gonchukov film's took the 12th place in the ranking of the highest-grossing films of the USSR in 1955. In the history of Soviet hire, he is on the 461st place with 27.9 million spectators.[5]