Movie

Rukeli

Johann Wilhelm Trollmann becomes middleweight champion in Nazi Germany. He is the first Roma boxer in the world to win the title. He is famous for his dancing fighting style. With the enactment of the racial laws, he is imprisoned in Wittenberge and Neuengamme concentration camps, where he dies at the age of 37. He decides to die as a champion and fights with a Nazi kapo who challenges him. Rukeli, which means tree, the Gipsy, knocks out the Nazi and the entire apparatus of power.

Director

Alessandro Rak

Screenplay

Emma Ferulano

Screenplay

Biagio Di Bennardo

Status

Released

Release date

28/08/2025

Original language

Italian