There Was Once a Champion

2004 58 min

Overview

The life of the former boxing champion, Marijan Beneš, is interesting from the very beginning, more precisely from his first fights in the Boxing Club "Slavija" from Banja Luka, through the amateur title of European champion in 1979, and further, through several championship belt defenses, to the fight for the title of world champion. The story of the boxing legend of the town on the Vrbas is permeated through this documentary. This achievement was awarded the prestigious "Silver Pine" award in 2004.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Spoken Languages

Bosnian bs
Serbian sr

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Cast

Marijan Beneš

Himself

Ljiljana Fischer

Herself

Bego Huseljić

Himself

Tomo Palankin

Himself

Bratislav Mačković

Himself

Dragan Batar

Himself

Adem Tatarević

Himself

Dragan Marjanović

Himself

Dragan Danelišen

Himself

Sredoje Zekanović

Himself

Nebojša Radmanović

Himself

Branimir Šajić

Himself

Crew

Dejan Strika

Writer

Jelena Đokić

Writer

Dejan Strika

Director

Posters

External Links

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