World Champion (film)

World Champion (Чемпион мира) is a 1954 Soviet sports drama film directed by Vladimir Gonchukov.

Plot
Ilya Gromov is a well-known strongman among fellow villagers. Under the guidance of an experienced coach, a simple country boy becomes a world champion in the Greco-Roman wrestling.

Cast

 * Aleksey Vanin as Ilya Gromov, wrestler
 * Vladimir Volodin as Privalov
 * Vasily Merkuryev as Fyodor Bessonov
 * Vladimir Gulyaev
 * Denis Andreyev
 * Veniamin Beloglazov
 * Nadezhda Cherednichenko
 * Dmitriy Kara-Dmitriev
 * Klavdiya Khabarova
 * Nikolai Komissarov
 * Muza Krepkogorskaya

Release
Vladimir Gonchukov film's took the 12th place in the ranking of the highest-grossing films of the USSR in 1955. In the history of Soviet hire, he is on the 461st place with 27.9 million spectators.