Aria for an Athlete
Aria dla atlety
Set at the turn of the century it presents a story of a famous Polish athlete, Zbyszko Cyganiewicz. It begins in a small town where a traveling circus attracts a shy boy into a phony wrestling game to please the crowds. The youth, however, takes his strength seriously, eventually defeating a name wrestler in a fair match. Angered circus manager fires him; he leaves happily due to two wrestler brothers who were harassing him. The wrestler goes on to fame, performing in the world's top arenas, and one day is serenaded by a tenor from the crowd. Fame brings him women and admirers but he is uncompromising on his profession. He has his revenge on one of his tormentors defeating him in the ring. One day, attending a game in a tuxedo, he is challenged by another of the brothers and drawn into a brutal game, in course of which he kills his opponent. Thus his career ends.
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Cast
Bogdan Baer
as dubbing roli odgrywanej przez Piotra Skrzyneckiego
Krzysztof Majchrzak
as Władysław Góralewicz
Pola Raksa
as Cecylia
Michał Leśniak
as zapaśnik Specht
Piotr Skrzynecki
as Westman, dyrektor cyrku
Wojciech Pszoniak
as Siedelmayer, dyrektor cyrku
Bogumił Antczak
as [obsada aktorska]
Witold Dederko
as starzec na ulicy
Wiesław Komasa
as popełniający samobójstwo towarzysz Cecylii
Zbigniew Sawan
as Clemenceau
Roman Wilhelmi
as Bolcio Rogalski
Ryszard Pietruski
as śpiewak Baptisto Messalini
Ryszard Dembiński
as Knapp, właściciel cyrku
Witold Gruca
as choreograf Knappa
Krzysztof Litwin
as przyjaciel Messaliniego
Jerzy Rogowski
as tragarz (nie występuje w napisach)
Bogusz Bilewski
as "Cyklop" Bieńkowski
Zdzisław Wardejn
as Popow
Teodor Gendera
as redaktor
Wirgiliusz Gryń
as Georg Hitzler
Bogusław Sochnacki
as dubbing roli odgrywanej przez Czesława Magnowskiego
Wiesław Wójcik
as Max Braun
Ewa Sałacka
as [obsada aktorska] (nie występuje w napisach)
Hans-Joachim Recknitz
as amerykański sprawozdawca
Andrzej Wasilewicz
as Abs
Emil Karewicz
as Breitkopf
Józef Grzeszczak
as żandarm, zapaśnik (nie występuje w napisach)
Ludwik Benoit
as dubbing roli odgrywanej przez Witolda Dederki
Elżbieta Goetel
as przyjaciółka Cecylii
Crew
Maria Lasnowska
Makeup Artist
Małgorzata Braszka
Costume Design
Andrzej Kowalczyk
Production Design
Ewa Krauze
Costume Design
Jerzy Zieliński
Director of Photography
Andrzej Przedworski
Set Decoration
Leszek Wronko
Sound
Zdzisław Szostak
Music
Filip Bajon
Director, Screenplay
Janina Niedźwiecka
Editor