Boxer

2024 2h 30m PL

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 54

Drama

Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Eryk Kulm
Jędrzej Czernecki
Adrianna Chlebicka
Kasia
Eryk Lubos
Czesiek
Adam Woronowicz
Nikodem 'Nicky Presley'
Jacek Poniedziałek
Henryk
Bartłomiej Kotschedoff
Władek
Michał Pietrzak
Konstanty Zalewski
Waleria Gorobets
Eva Hayes

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mitja Okorn
Writers: Mitja Okorn, Lucas Coleman, Ivan Bezmarevic
Languages: English, Polish
Countries: Poland

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Polish.

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4 / 8

CAST

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304+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mitja Okorn, shot by Bartek Cierlica. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Łukasz Targosz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jan Belcl shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Eryk Kulm and Adrianna Chlebicka and Eryk Lubos carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mitja Okorn directs. Bartek Cierlica behind the camera. Łukasz Targosz scores. Jan Belcl cuts. Produced in Poland. Dialogue in English, Polish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 2 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Polish.
4304+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Mitja Okorn, shot by Bartek Cierlica. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Łukasz Targosz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Jan Belcl shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Eryk Kulm and Adrianna Chlebicka and Eryk Lubos carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt32244931 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 54 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Classified under 9 themes, including "sports", "emigration", "iron curtain", "boxer".