Ivan the Powerful (2013)

  • NR
  • 10/02/2013 (UA)
  • 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.

Viktor Andriienko

Director

Cast

Dmytro Khaladgi's headshot

Dmytro Khaladgi

Ivan Syla
Ivanna Sakhno's headshot

Ivanna Sakhno

Milka
Vasyl Virastyuk's headshot

Vasyl Virastyuk

Velet
Viktor Andriienko's headshot

Viktor Andriienko

Fiksa
Igor Pismennyi's headshot

Igor Pismennyi

Pandorsky
Bohdan Beniuk's headshot

Bohdan Beniuk

Kovalskiy
Olha Sumska's headshot

Olha Sumska

Adeliya
Oleh Prymohenov's headshot

Oleh Prymohenov

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