The Champion

  • Rated 9.0 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1979
  • 1h 18m
  • 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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Director
Dušan Trančík
Starring
Jaroslav Tomsa, Jaroslav Pucher, Dagmar Kováčiková, Pavla Božíková

Cast

  • Jaroslav Tomsa

    Vladimír Valhar

  • Jaroslav Pucher

    Vinco Moravec

  • Dagmar Kováčiková

    Viola

  • Pavla Božíková

    Justína Kmeťková

  • Gejza Maráky

    Miki Belan

  • Juraj Králik

  • Kristína Sitárová

  • Věra Uzelacová

  • Eva Červená

  • Karol Šmidke

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