"Strong Ivan" is a film telling an outstanding life story of Ivan Firtsak who was born in June, 1899 in a Ukrainian village Bilky, Irshava district in Zakarpattia Oblast. At the age of 18 he became a performer with a Czechoslovak circus and travelled to 64 countries of the world, astonishing everybody with his victories. He was a weightlifting champion of Czechoslovakia, a bodybuilding champion of Europe. He earned the nickname Strong Ivan Croton for his incredible strength. Ivan Firtsak won a great number of single combats with famous wrestlers of the world. From hands of the Queen of England he received a helmet and a belt decorated with cold and diamonds. American press called him the strongest man of the XX century. In 1937 in the prime of his fame he came back to the homeland.
Dmytro Khaladgi
as Ivan Syla
Іванна Сахно
as Milka
Василь Вірастюк
as Velet
Віктор Андрієнко
as Fiksa
Игорь Письменный
as Pandorsky
Богдан Бенюк
as Kovalskiy
Ольга Сумська
as Adeliya
Олег Примогенов
as Loader
Borys Barskyi
as Red Clown
Игорь Кистол
as
Сергей Романюк
as Ivan in his old age
