Champion

Champion (2026)

DramaHistory

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.

Director: Jakub Červenka

Casts

	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

Crew