
During the flight, the hero of the film, the boxing champion, recalls his life's journey. The hero’s childhood was in the first post-war years. He grew up without a father, his mother was busy with work, his older brother was in prison, the relationship with the new stepfather did not work out, and the boy was brought up on the street. There he learned to fight, and this led him to the boxing ring. Over time, the stubborn street boy became the champion of Europe.

Lyudmila Gurchenko
Lyuba, Viktor's mother

Nikolai Rybnikov
Fyodor Ivanovich

Oleg Borisov
Stepan Yegorovich
Aleksandr Kharashkevich
Viktor Krokhin at 9 years old
Viktor Poluektov
Viktor Krokhin at 13 years old
Mikhail Terentyev
Viktor Krokhin at 25 years old

Lev Lemke
Igor Vasilyevich

Antonina Bogdanova
Viktor's grandmother

Aleksandr Pashutin
Sergei Andreyevich

Vladimir Zamanskiy
Stanislav Aleksandrovich
Viktor Vasin
German Pavlovich Volkov

Gennadi Frolov
Veniamin Petrovich

Cinderella Man
Cinderella Man

Birdman of Alcatraz
Birdman of Alcatraz

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

Savage Dog
Savage Dog

Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali

Ali
Ali

Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers

Gladiator
Gladiator

The Boxer
The Boxer

Fat City
Fat City

Champion
Champion

After Dark, My Sweet
After Dark, My Sweet