Overview
The young blacksmith Ilya Gromov from the White Keys collective farm wins the title of world wrestling champion.
Fun facts
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Filming locations
Filmed in Kirovsk
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Music
Music by Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Valentin EzhovWriter
- Vasiliy SolovyovWriter
- Original title
- Чемпион мира
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 16, 1955
- Original language
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
Production
Cast
Aleksey VaninIlya Gromov
Vasili MerkuryevFyodor Bessonov
Vladimir GulyaevKonstantin Kovalyov
Nadezhda CherednichenkoNastya
Klavdiya KhabarovaKlava
Muza KrepkogorskayaZina- Anatoli VasyutinskySeryozha Odintsov
- Ratmir VasyutinskyGrisha Odintsov
Anatoliy SolovyovNikolay Korablyov
Nikolai Komissarovded Timofey
Boris TerentyevPavel Timofeyevich
Georgi SvetlaniPotapich- Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Konstantin MikhailovSports commentator / Journalist
Vladimir MarutaOlle Ingrem's trainer
Dmitriy Andreev
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