Mr. Knockout

Mr. Knockout

Drama | Feb. 23, 2022

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.

Mr. Knockout

Drama | Feb. 23, 2022

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.
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers
Original title Мистер Нокаут
Directors Artyom Mikhalkov
Writers Oleg Presnyakov, Vladimir Presnyakov

Cast

Viktor Horinyak

as Valery Popenchenko

Sergei Bezrukov

as Grigory Filippovich Kusikyants

Andrey Sergeev

as tram passenger /

Andrey Titchenko

as Valery Popenchenko in childhood