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
Bogusz Bilewski
as "Cyklop" Bieńkowski
Roman Wilhelmi
as Bolcio Rogalski
Andrzej Wasilewicz
as Abs
Wiesław Komasa
as popełniający samobójstwo towarzysz Cecylii
Piotr Skrzynecki
as Westman, dyrektor cyrku
Krzysztof Majchrzak
as Władysław Góralewicz
Witold Dederko
as starzec na ulicy
Emil Karewicz
as Breitkopf
Krzysztof Litwin
as przyjaciel Messaliniego
Józef Grzeszczak
as żandarm, zapaśnik (nie występuje w napisach)
Pola Raksa
as Cecylia
Zdzisław Wardejn
as Popow
Elżbieta Goetel
as przyjaciółka Cecylii
Zbigniew Sawan
as Clemenceau
Wojciech Pszoniak
as Siedelmayer, dyrektor cyrku
Ryszard Pietruski
as śpiewak Baptisto Messalini
Ryszard Dembiński
as Knapp, właściciel cyrku
Wiesław Wójcik
as Max Braun
Ewa Sałacka
as [obsada aktorska] (nie występuje w napisach)
Ludwik Benoit
as dubbing roli odgrywanej przez Witolda Dederki
Bogusław Sochnacki
as dubbing roli odgrywanej przez Czesława Magnowskiego
Teodor Gendera
as redaktor
Witold Gruca
as choreograf Knappa
Wirgiliusz Gryń
as Georg Hitzler
Hans-Joachim Recknitz
as amerykański sprawozdawca
Bogdan Baer
as dubbing roli odgrywanej przez Piotra Skrzyneckiego
Jerzy Rogowski
as tragarz (nie występuje w napisach)
Bogumił Antczak
as [obsada aktorska]
Michał Leśniak
as zapaśnik Specht
Crew
Andrzej Kowalczyk
Production Design
Filip Bajon
Director, Screenplay
Janina Niedźwiecka
Editor
Jerzy Zieliński
Director of Photography
Ewa Krauze
Costume Design
Andrzej Przedworski
Set Decoration
Maria Lasnowska
Makeup Artist
Leszek Wronko
Sound
Zdzisław Szostak
Music
Małgorzata Braszka
Costume Design