"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.
Presidential order forces children of the officials who are working and studying abroad to return, so chief of police Petro Burundiak has his son Vasyl back in Ukraine and working as a police freshman.
Musical shows are becoming more popular in the world. New talents are opening up, but nobody thinks about disappointed losers, that are filling the world. After the Ukrainian musical TV show completion, somebody starts killing the jury members. Taras Maystrenko (finalist of the show) is the main suspect, who is being persecuted by police, bandits and ordinary citizens. Will he be able to prove his innocence? Is he a real guilty?
