Ivan the Powerful(2013)

64

1h 20m

    Overview

    "Strong Ivan" is a film telling an outstanding life story of Ivan Firtsak who was born in June, 1899 in a Ukrainian village Bilky, Irshava district in Zakarpattia Oblast. At the age of 18 he became a performer with a Czechoslovak circus and travelled to 64 countries of the world, astonishing everybody with his victories. He was a weightlifting champion of Czechoslovakia, a bodybuilding champion of Europe. He earned the nickname Strong Ivan Croton for his incredible strength. Ivan Firtsak won a great number of single combats with famous wrestlers of the world. From hands of the Queen of England he received a helmet and a belt decorated with cold and diamonds. American press called him the strongest man of the XX century. In 1937 in the prime of his fame he came back to the homeland.

    Cast

    • Ivanna Sakhno

      Ivanna Sakhno

      Milka

    • Vasyl Virastiuk

      Vasyl Virastiuk

      Velet

    • Viktor Andriienko

      Viktor Andriienko

      Fiksa

    • Igor Pismennyi

      Igor Pismennyi

      Pandorsky

    • Bohdan Beniuk

      Bohdan Beniuk

      Kovalskiy

    • Olha Sumska

      Olha Sumska

      Adeliya

    • Oleh Prymohenov

      Oleh Prymohenov

      Loader

    • Borys Barskyi

      Borys Barskyi

      Red Clown

    • Igor Kistol

      Igor Kistol

    • Serhii Romaniuk

      Serhii Romaniuk

      Ivan in his old age

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      Status

      Released (Oct 2, 2013)

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