With only his wife by his side, a promising young boxer flees communist Poland to chase his dream of becoming the greatest fighter in history.
Acting
Kulm's physical transformation hits harder than the fight choreography.
Production
Period Poland recreated with suffocating authenticity.
Writing
Kasia gets actual interiority, not just supportive-wife tropes.
Director
Mitja Okorn
Eryk Kulm
Jędrzej Czernecki
Adrianna Chlebicka
Kasia
Eryk Lubos
Czesiek
Adam Woronowicz
Nikodem 'Nicky Presley'
Jacek Poniedziałek
Henryk
Bartłomiej Kotschedoff
Władek
Waleria Gorobets
Eva Hayes
Harry Matthews
Roy Barber
Michał Żurawski
Edwin Czernecki
Magdalena Walach
Jędrzej's Mother
Andrzej Andrzejewski
Karol/Charles
Mariusz Jakus
Jerzy Keller
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Eryk Kulm trained with actual 1980s Polish boxing veterans for eight months, gaining 14kg of muscle.
Director Okorn faced government pressure to soften the communist-era corruption; the leaked original cut was 17 minutes longer and bleaker.
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