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The Champions: Faster. Higher. Stronger

The Champions: Faster. Higher. Stronger

Part of Чемпионы (Коллекция)

2016•1h 40m•5.8/10
Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb
5.8/10(18)

The story of three Russian Olympic champions. Ordinary people, who have become the pride of their family and country, and made history of world sports.

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Production

Enjoy Movies, Renovatio Entertainment, Cinema Foundation of Russia

Language

RU

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Kristina Asmus

Kristina Asmus

Svetlana Khorkina

Sergey Bondarchuk

Sergey Bondarchuk

Aleksandr Karelin

Evgeniy Pronin

Evgeniy Pronin

Alexander Popov

Mariya Bolonkina-Vasilyeva

Mariya Bolonkina-Vasilyeva

Olga

Rina Grishina

Rina Grishina

Gimnastka

Sergey Sosnovsky

Sergey Sosnovsky

Yuriy Loparyov

Yuriy Loparyov

Mikhail Vasilyev

Mikhail Vasilyev

commentator

Dzhemal Tetruashvili

Dzhemal Tetruashvili

Egor Koreshkov

Egor Koreshkov

Aleksandr Robak

Aleksandr Robak

Darya Ekamasova

Darya Ekamasova

Viktor Horinyak

Viktor Horinyak

Kristina Shapovalova

Viktoriya Tolstoganova

Viktoriya Tolstoganova

Vasiliy Mishchenko

Vasiliy Mishchenko

Aleksandr Galibin

Aleksandr Galibin

Boris Polunin

Boris Polunin

Dmitriy Burenkov

Dmitriy Burenkov

Evgeniy Bakalov

Evgeniy Bakalov

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