- Country: Russia
- Genre: sports, drama
- Producer: Artem Mikhalkov
- Premiere in Russia: 2020
- Starring: V. Khorinyak, S. Bezrukov, I. Oboldina, E. Dmitrieva, A. Strechina, A. Sergeev, V. Verzhbitsky, A. Titchenko, O. Chugunov, I. Romasheva, etc.
The new sports project, tentatively titled "Mister Knockout", tells the story of the great boxer of the Soviet Union Valery Popenchenko. Viktor Horinyak will appear in the role of Popenchenko, and Sergei Bezrukov will play his coach, no less great and legendary Grigory Filippovich Kusikyants. The premiere of the movie "Mr. Knockout" is scheduled for 2020, but so far without an exact release date and trailer. Actors, production details, plot and crew have been announced.
Plot
The plot revolves around the performance of the USSR national boxing team at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, or rather, the main contender for the gold medal, Valeria Popenchenko. The boxer was nicknamed "Mr. Knockout" and was the only winner of the Val Barker Cup (the award for the most technical boxer in the Olympic Games) from the Land of the Soviets. His career ended with 213 fights, 200 of which he won.
About working on the film
Directed by Artem Mikhalkov ("Bet on Love", "Passion in Russia", "Stop", "Moscow, I Love You!").
Film crew:
- Scripts: Vladimir Presnyakov (Portraying the Victim), Oleg Presnyakov (Bed Scenes);
- Producers: Alexey Karpushin (72 meters, 12), Ekaterina Zhukova (Sofia, Godunov);
- Operator: Yuri Nikogosov ("Chernobyl: Exclusion Zone", "Treason");
- Artists: Sergey Tyrin ("Salute-7", "Foundling"), Gulnara Shakhmilova ("While the fern is blooming", "Moms").
Production
Company: LLC "KINODOM".
Filming starts in May 2019.
Actors
Composition:
Interesting Facts
Did you know that:
- Irrevocable state support: 60 million rubles. Returnable state support was not provided.
- For the role of coach Popenchenko, the director considered Vitaly Khaev ("Salyut-7", "Kalashnikov", "How I Became Russian") or Mikhail Trukhin ("Afghan Breakdown", "Treason").
Mister Knockout is slated to premiere in 2020 (exact release date has yet to be announced), with no trailer yet.
