

Mr. Knockout
Overview
The film tells the story of the legendary Soviet boxer Valery Popenchenko, USSR and European champion and winner of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His life was a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs - from his childhood in Tashkent’s Suvorov Military School and service as a border guard, to his first victories and failures, and his friendship with Dynamo sports society coach Grigory Kusikyants.
Movie Details
Languages
Russian
Key Crew

Artyom Mikhalkov
Producer

Anton Zlatopolskiy
Producer

Artyom Mikhalkov
Director
Cast

Viktor Horinyak
Valery Popenchenko

Sergei Bezrukov
Grigory Filippovich Kusikyants

Inga Strelkova-Oboldina

Evgeniya Dmitrieva

Angelina Strechina

Andrey Sergeev
tram passenger

Viktor Verzhbitskiy

Andrey Titchenko
Valery Popenchenko in childhood

Oleg Chugunov

Irina Romasheva

Valeriy Sklyarov

Maxim Antonnikov

Dmitry Nikishkin

Viktor Babyuk

Lyudmila Grigorash

Alexandr Klassen

Evdokiya Lavrukhina

Andrey Sergeev

Anton Bystryakov

Alexey Morozov