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Champion
Released March 26, 2026
About Champion
A feature film depicting the critical 24 hours in the life of the famous Slovak figure skater Ondrej Nepela; intense and intimate personal drama of a young man, who, after years of dutiful representation of his totalitarian homeland longs to leave the golden cage of Czechoslovakia and become free. He wants to live and love without fear, that the revelation of his sexual orientation will make him a deviant and destroy everything he dedicated his life to. However, the regime strengthens its pressure on him in the moment of his highest vulnerability, using the dirtiest methods to make Ondrej conform to its cruel ultimatum.
Movie Details
| Director | Jakub Červenka |
| Cast | Adam Kubala as Ondrej Nepela, Jana Nagyová Pulm as , Karel Dobrý as , Gabriela Marcinková as , Daniel Fischer as , Peter Bebjak as , Martin Klinčúch as , Roman Luknár as , Cyril Dobrý as , Jozef Vajda as , Miloslav Kráľ as , Ela Lehotská as , Martina Jindrová as , Peter Kočiš as , Kamil Mikulčík as , Sväťo Malachovský as , Adela Dukátová as , Kristyna Spackova as |
| Genre | Drama, History |
| Runtime | 90 min |
| Studio | Bedna Films, Česká televize, PFX, B Production |
| Country | Slovakia, Czech Republic |
| Languages | Slovak |
| Budget | $2,000,000 |
| IMDb | View on IMDb |
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