by Alex Billington
May 8, 2026
Source: YouTube
“These are no longer your fights. You fight for us.” Well Go USA has revealed an official trailer for an indie film titled The Champion, a Polish film about the true story of a boxing champ at the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz located in Poland. The film was originally called The Champion of Auschwitz and it first premiered back in 2020 at a film festival in Poland. It has already been released but Well Go USA is now giving it another VOD release if anyone is interested. The incredible true story of the Polish pre-war boxing champion Tadeusz “Teddy” Pietrzykowski, who, early in the Second World War, arrived with the very first transport of prisoners to the newly created Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where he became known as “The Champion of Auschwitz”. He became famous for his nearly undefeated strings of victories, igniting hope among fellow prisoners & proving their captors are not invincible. Starring Piotr Witkowski as Tadeusz, with Rafał Zawierucha, Marcin Czarnik, & Jan Szydłowski. This trailer is for the English dub version of this, which still looks & sounds bad. I always prefer to hear the original voices with subittles.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Maciej Barczewski’s film The Champion, direct from YouTube:
As one of the first prisoners sent to Auschwitz, Warsaw boxing champion Teddy Pietrzykowski (starring Piotr Glowacki) is forced to fight for the entertainment of Nazi officers. With each brutal bout, his victories become quiet acts of defiance, igniting hope among fellow prisoners and proving their captors are not invincible. The Champion, also known as The Champion of Auschwitz or originally titled Mistrz is Polish, is written and directed by Polish producer / filmmaker Maciej Barczewski, making his feature directorial debut with this film; he also went on to make Supersiostry a few years after this. It’s produced by Krzysztof Szpetmański and Leszek Starzyński. This originally premiered at the 2020 Gdynia Polish Film Festival. It was already released years ago in Poland and many other countries after a festival run. Well Go USA debuts Barczewski’s The Champion direct-to-VOD in the US starting on May 26th, 2026 for anyone to view soon.
