The Champion
1979, Slovak. Directed by Dušan Trančík.
Tou former boxers meet in the ring again after years for a re-run of an old match. The old loser currently works as a factory executive and he is unwilling to reconcile with his old defeat. He challenges the old winner, whose job in a garage puts him on the opposite end ofthe career ladder. The match is a battle fought between two men who stand for two different attitudes to life. The confrontation results in the revelation that the winner is not always the one whose arm is raised by the referee after the last round.
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Slovak
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- Released
- 2 March 1979
- Original title
- Víťaz
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Written by
- Tibor Vichta, Dušan Trančík
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The Champion runs 78 minutes (1h 18m).
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The Champion isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 March 1979. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Champion?
The Champion (1979) was directed by Dušan Trančík and stars Jaroslav Tomsa, Jaroslav Pucher, Dagmar Kováčiková.