Victor pochenko

When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble, brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains — just who is running the government?

A bust of Stalin is cut open on an operating table, leading to an elaborate animated depiction of Czech history from 1948 (the Communist takeover) to 1989 (the Velvet Revolution).

The film tells the story of the legendary Soviet boxer Valery Popenchenko, USSR and European champion and winner of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His life was a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs - from his childhood in Tashkent’s Suvorov Military School and service as a border guard, to his first victories and failures, and his friendship with Dynamo sports society coach Grigory Kusikyants.

Victor is a world boxing champion, the idol of millions of fans, a star. Everything changes in an instant when, by a ridiculous coincidence, he becomes the culprit of an unintentional murder. After liberation comes the realization that there is no more fame, no more money contracts. In the absence of work, Victor agrees to participate in underground battles. However, no one expects him to win here either. Only his father remembers his glorious sporting past, and the twelve—year-old boy Kirill is a boarding school student with autism. Victor begins to train the boys from the orphanage, trying to change them and himself for the better. He will have to recreate himself, emerge victorious from all the troubles and remain human at the same time. The latter is especially important, because his boys are now looking up to him.