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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Krzysztof Majchrzak as Władysław Góralewicz
Pola Raksa as Cecylia
Roman Wilhelmi as Bolcio Rogalski
Bogusz Bilewski as "Cyklop" Bieńkowski
Wojciech Pszoniak as Siedelmayer, dyrektor cyrku
Ryszard Pietruski as śpiewak Baptisto Messalini
Zdzisław Wardejn as Popow
Andrzej Wasilewicz as Abs
Bogumił Antczak as [obsada aktorska]
Witold Dederko as starzec na ulicy
Ryszard Dembiński as Knapp, właściciel cyrku
Teodor Gendera as redaktor
Elżbieta Goetel as przyjaciółka Cecylii
Witold Gruca as choreograf Knappa
Wirgiliusz Gryń as Georg Hitzler
Emil Karewicz as Breitkopf
Wiesław Komasa as popełniający samobójstwo towarzysz Cecylii
Michał Leśniak as zapaśnik Specht
Czesław Magnowski as Abs
Krzysztof Litwin as przyjaciel Messaliniego
Hans-Joachim Recknitz as amerykański sprawozdawca
Zbigniew Sawan as Clemenceau
Piotr Skrzynecki as Westman, dyrektor cyrku
Wiesław Wójcik as Max Braun
Józef Grzeszczak as żandarm, zapaśnik (nie występuje w napisach)
Jerzy Rogowski as tragarz (nie występuje w napisach)
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
Bogdan Baer as dubbing roli odgrywanej przez Piotra Skrzyneckiego
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