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Aria for an Athlete

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.

1979 |1h 48m |  Drama, History

Cast

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Krzysztof Majchrzak

Władysław Góralewicz

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Pola Raksa

Cecylia, żona Góralewicza

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Roman Wilhelmi

Bolcio Rogalski

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Bogusz Bilewski

"Cyklop" Bieńkowski

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Wojciech Pszoniak

Siedelmayer, dyrektor cyrku

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Ryszard Pietruski

śpiewak Baptisto Messalini

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Zdzisław Wardejn

Popow

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Andrzej Wasilewicz

Abs

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Bogumił Antczak

[obsada aktorska]

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Witold Dederko

starzec na ulicy

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Ryszard Dembiński

Knapp, właściciel cyrku

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Teodor Gendera

redaktor

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Elżbieta Goetel

przyjaciółka Cecylii

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Witold Gruca

choreograf Knappa

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Wirgiliusz Gryń

Georg Hitzler

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Emil Karewicz

Breitkopf

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Wiesław Komasa

popełniający samobójstwo towarzysz Cecylii

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Michał Leśniak

zapaśnik Specht

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Krzysztof Litwin

przyjaciel Messaliniego

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Hans-Joachim Recknitz

amerykański sprawozdawca

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Zbigniew Sawan

Clemenceau

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Piotr Skrzynecki

Westman, dyrektor cyrku

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Wiesław Wójcik

Max Braun

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Ewa Sałacka

[obsada aktorska] (nie występuje w napisach)

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Ludwik Benoit

dubbing roli odgrywanej przez Witolda Dederki

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Bogusław Sochnacki

dubbing roli odgrywanej przez Czesława Magnowskiego

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Bogdan Baer

dubbing roli odgrywanej przez Piotra Skrzyneckiego

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Status

Released

Language

Polish

Budget

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