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.
as Władysław Góralewicz
as Cecylia
as Bolcio Rogalski
as "Cyklop" Bieńkowski
as Siedelmayer, dyrektor cyrku
as śpiewak Baptisto Messalini
as Popow
as Abs
as [obsada aktorska]
as starzec na ulicy
as Knapp, właściciel cyrku
as redaktor
as przyjaciółka Cecylii
as choreograf Knappa
as Georg Hitzler
as Breitkopf
as popełniający samobójstwo towarzysz Cecylii
as zapaśnik Specht
as Abs
as przyjaciel Messaliniego
as amerykański sprawozdawca
as Clemenceau
as Westman, dyrektor cyrku
as Max Braun
as żandarm, zapaśnik (nie występuje w napisach)
as tragarz (nie występuje w napisach)
as [obsada aktorska] (nie występuje w napisach)
as dubbing roli odgrywanej przez Witolda Dederki
as dubbing roli odgrywanej przez Czesława Magnowskiego
as dubbing roli odgrywanej przez Piotra Skrzyneckiego
