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  1. Maciej Barczewski is a Polish film producer, director and screenwriter. He graduated from Gdynia Film School. His directorial debut was the short feature adaptation of a story by Stephen King 'My Pretty Pony' (2017). He is also a professor of intellectual property and media law in Gdansk, Chicago and New York.

    • Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland
    • Director, Writer, Producer
    • 1.95 m
    • Maciej Barczewski
  2. 5 days ago · Directed by Maciej Barczewski, ‘The Champion’ transports us to the dire scenario of Polish concentration camps in World War II. Polish prisoners are brought to the newly created Auschwitz concentration camp, with Tadeusz “Teddy” Pietrzykowski, a pre-war boxing champion, among their number. When his skills are revealed in a fight within the camp, boxing becomes […]

  3. Sep 9, 2022 · Yes, ‘The Champion’ is based on a true story. Writer-director Maciej Barczewski penned the screenplay based on the real-life Polish boxer Tadeusz “Teddy” Pietrzykowski. The latter was born on April 8, 1917, in Warsaw, to Tadeusz, an engineer, and Sylwina, a teacher. At a young age, Pietrzykowski joined the boxing section of the Legia ...

  4. Sep 8, 2022 · The Champion: Directed by Maciej Barczewski. With Piotr Glowacki, Jan Szydlowski, Grzegorz Malecki, Marcin Bosak. The story of the pre-war boxing champion Tadeusz "Teddy" Pietrzykowski, who in 1940 arrives with the first transport of prisoners to the newly created Auschwitz concentration camp.

    • (1.9K)
    • Biography, Drama, History
    • Maciej Barczewski
    • 2022-09-08
  5. Aug 25, 2021 · Inspired by a true story, writer/director Maciej Barczewski's The Champion of Auschwitz (Mistrz) is about Tadeusz "Teddy" Pietrzkowski (Piotr Glowacki), the boxing champion of Warsaw. After the Siege of Warsaw in 1940, Teddy was rounded up on the first mass transport to the concentration camp Auschwitz. What follows is a harrowing story of perseverance in the darkest

  6. Jan 25, 2020 · Director Maciej Barczewski, himself the grandson of a former Auschwitz survivor, is also now adapting Pietrzykowski’s story for the film Champion. “It’s a tale of courage, hope, and strength. First of all, it tells an unknown chapter of Polish history and of an extraordinary man, who for his fellow inmates became a symbol of hope,” says Barczewski.

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  8. Sep 5, 2021 · Writer and director Maciej Barczewski spares little attention to environmental detail in his biopic while whittling the narrative to the boxer’s athletics within the concentration camp. Barczewski is far from the first to recount and dramatise the story of Tadeusz Pietrzykowski.

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