Iron Ivan

Iron Ivan
Film poster
Russian	Поддубный
Directed by	Gleb Orlov
Written by	Yuriy Korotkov
Produced by	Leonid Vereshchagin Vadim Goryainov Leonid Lebedev Nikita Mikhalkov Valery Todorovsky
Starring	Mikhail Porechenkov Katerina Shpitsa Aleksandr Mikhailov Roman Madyanov Vladimir Ilyin Yuri Kolokolnikov Denis Lavant
Cinematography	Vladislav Opelyants
Edited by	Mariya Likhachyova
Music by	Yuriy Poteenko
Production companies	Studio TriTe Red Arrow Russia-1 Cinema Fund
Release date	2014 (2014)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian
Budget	$12 million

Iron Ivan (Russian: Поддубный, lit. 'Poddubny') is a 2014 Russian biographical sports drama film directed by Gleb Orlov. The plot of the film in many ways repeats the Soviet film The Wrestler and the Clown.

Plot

The film tells about the fighter Ivan Poddubny, who could defeat any opponent in the ring, but lost to love.

Cast

• Mikhail Porechenkov as Ivan Poddubny
• Katerina Shpitsa as Maria "Masha" Dozmarova, a gymnast, Ivan Poddubny's beloved
• Aleksandr Mikhailov as Maxim Ivanovich Poddubny, Ivan Poddubny's Father
• Roman Madyanov as Tverdokhlebov, Circus Director
• Vladimir Ilyin as Drubich, Poddubny's Manager
• Yuri Kolokolnikov as Count Korsakov, Poddubny's Manager
• Denis Lavant 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

Production

Filming

Funds for location shooting of the film were provided in the summer of 2012 by the Cinema Foundation and took place in Sevastopol, Moscow, Paris and New York.

External links

• Iron Ivan at IMDb