

The Second Attempt of Viktor Krokhin
1987-02-01 · 92 min · ★ 7.0
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.
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- Directors
- Igor Sheshukov
- Production companies
- Lenfilm
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Lyudmila GurchenkoLyuba, Viktor's mother
Nikolai RybnikovFyodor Ivanovich
Oleg BorisovStepan Yegorovich
Lev LemkeIgor Vasilyevich
Antonina BogdanovaViktor's grandmother
Aleksandr PashutinSergei Andreyevich
Vladimir ZamanskiyStanislav Aleksandrovich
Gennadi FrolovVeniamin Petrovich
Leonid DyachkovNikolai Ivanovich Glynov
Ivan BortnikBoris Krokhin
Gelena IvlievaSergei Andreyevich's wife
Tatyana KanaevaViktor Krokhin's bride
Viktoriya SmolenskayaGalya
Nikolay Volchenkov
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