Mr. Knockout

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.

• Artyom MikhalkovDirector
• Oleg PresnyakovScreenplay
• Vladimir PresnyakovScreenplay

• Viktor HorinyakValery Popenchenko
• Sergei BezrukovGrigory Filippovich Kusikyants
• Inga Strelkova-OboldinaCast
• Evgeniya DmitrievaCast
• Angelina StrechinaCast
• Andrey Sergeevtram passenger
• Viktor VerzhbitskiyCast
• Andrey TitchenkoValery Popenchenko in childhood
• Oleg ChugunovCast
• Irina RomashevaCast
• Valeriy SklyarovCast
• Maxim AntonnikovCast