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.
Viktor Horinyak , Sergei Bezrukov , Inga Strelkova-Oboldina , Evgeniya Dmitrieva , Angelina Strechina , Viktor Verzhbitskiy , Andrey Titchenko , Oleg Chugunov , Irina Romasheva , Valeriy Sklyarov