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Three visions. Two fighters. One dream. Their time is now.
Alek is an immigrant from the Soviet Union who was a talented boxer in his day, but he was not allowed on the Soviet national team because he was a Jew. Depressed and discouraged, he meets two young amateur boxers. As their coach, he trains them for glory.Read moreLess
Alek is an immigrant from the Soviet Union who was a talented boxer in his day, but he was not allowed on the Soviet national team because he was a Jew. Depressed and discouraged, he meets two young amateur boxers. As their coach, he trains them for glory.
The story
Alek is an immigrant from the Soviet Union who was a talented boxer in his day, but he was not allowed on the Soviet national team because he was a Jew. Depressed and discouraged, he meets two young amateur boxers. As their coach, he trains them for glory.
Cast & crew
Klaus Maria BrandauerAlek Neuman
Adrian PasdarTimmy Boyle
Wesley SnipesRoland Jenkins
Ángela MolinaElena Gitman
Elya BaskinKlebanov
Rainbow HarvestBrenda
Daniel O'SheaVinnie (as Dan O'Shea)
John MahoneyLinehan
Adam NathanGrishaJaroslav Stremien
Jaroslav StremienMalinovsky
Michael BeachSonny (as Mike Beach)
Bill CobbsDishwasher at Klebanov's (uncredited)Explore the crew
- Director
- Joe Roth
- Producer
- Joe Roth
- Producer
- Harry J. Ufland
- Director of Photography
- Arthur Albert
- Editor
- Richard Chew
- Screenplay
- Heywood Gould
- Screenplay
- Richard Price
- Screenplay
- Tom Cole
- Original Music Composer
- Jack Nitzsche