The Wrestler and the Clown

"It's a story about two of the most famous russian personages. They become friends, and then go along on the path of glory in parallel."

Cast

Stanislav Chekan

as Ivan Maximovich Poddubny

Yuri Medvedev

as Nikita, Ivan's pal

Iya Arepina

as Marusya Nikolayevna, aka Mimi

Boris Petker

as Giuseppe Truzzi

Leonid Topchiyev

as Orlando

Tamara Loginova

as Durov's wife

Georgiy Vitsin

as Enrico, a clown

Kyunna Ignatova

as Esterina Truzzi

Stepan Kayukov

as Vanya, wrestling contest promoter

Grigoriy Shpigel

as Solomonsky

Anatoliy Solovyov

as Raoul Boucher

Grigori Abrokosov

as Mr. Fish

Vladimir Muravyov

as Fish's buddy

Maya Kazakova

as Alena

Polina Nyatko

as Ivan's Mother

Alexander Alexandrovich Mikhailov

as Anatoli Leonidovich Durov

Vladimir Makhov

Valentina Surkova

as Mimi

Aleksandr Gumburg

as Poddubny's father

Crew

Boris Barnet

Director

Konstantin Yudin

Director

Yuri Biryukov

Original Music Composer

Sergei Poluyanov

Director of Photography

Tatyana Zinchuk

Editor

Vasiliy Shcherbak

Production Design

Mariya Zhukova

Costume Design

Nikolay Pogodin

Writer

Boris Erdman

Production Design

Lev Durasov

Assistant Director

Viktor Zorin

Sound Director

I. Chechenin

Makeup & Hair

Grigoriy Mariamov

Script Editor

Igor Felitsyn

VFX Director of Photography

Nikolay Zvonaryov

VFX Supervisor

M. Manuilov

Graphic Designer

Arnold Roytman

Conductor

Valentin Maslov

Executive Producer