World Champion (film)
| World Champion | |
|---|---|
| Russian: Чемпион мира | |
| Directed by | Vladimir Gonchukov |
| Written by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Grigori Garibyan |
| Edited by | Raisa Shor |
| Music by | Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi |
Production company | |
Running time | 86 min. |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
World Champion (Russian: Чемпион мира) is a 1954 Soviet sport drama film directed by Vladimir Gonchukov.[1]
Plot
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
- 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
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]
References
External links
 | This article related to a Soviet film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about a sports-related film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |