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sports drama film
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directed by Gleb Orlov. The plot of the film in many ways repeats the Soviet film ''
The Wrestler and the Clown
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Plot
Odessa at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries. Loader and amateur wrestler Ivan Poddubny comes to the circus and ...
''.
Plot
The film tells about the fighter
Ivan Poddubny
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Biography
Poddubniy was born on John the Apostle day in 1871 into a family of Zaporozhian CossacksПоддубный, 2013 /ref>
Cast
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Mikhail Porechenkov
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as
Ivan Poddubny
Ivan Maksimovich Poddubny (; ; – 8 August 1949) was a professional wrestler from the Russian Empire and Soviet Union.
Biography
Poddubniy was born on John the Apostle day in 1871 into a family of Zaporozhian CossacksKaterina Shpitsa
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as Maria "Masha" Dozmarova, a gymnast, Ivan Poddubny's beloved
* Aleksandr Mikhailov as Maxim Ivanovich Poddubny, Ivan Poddubny's Father
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Roman Madyanov
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as Tverdokhlebov, Circus Director
* Vladimir Ilyin as Drubich, Poddubny's Manager
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Yuri Kolokolnikov
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as Count Korsakov, Poddubny's Manager
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Denis Lavant
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as Eugene de Paris, Poddubny's Coach
* Mikhail Krylov as Terry Covel, Poddubny's Manager in the USA
* Pyotr Krylov as Nikita Poddubny, Ivan Poddubny's brother
* Andrey Smolka as Mitrofan Poddubny, Ivan Poddubny's brother
* Harry Anichkin as Chief Judge
* Nina Antonova as Nurse
* Velizar Binev as American Neighbour
* Terry Bird as Scott
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Filming
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of the film were provided in the summer of 2012 by the Cinema Foundation and took place in
Sevastopol
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,
Moscow
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,
Paris
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and
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