Movie Drama
Three separate short stories about young athletes who lose their chances of success. Young swimmer - because of unhappy love. Boxer because of a fight with hooligans, for which the judges will disqualify him. But the cyclist must decide for himself what is more important for him: victory or friendship.
Poland Poland
Elzbieta Polkowska Zdzisław Karczewski Ryszard Ostałowski Bogumił Kobiela J. Wokrój Barbara Rachwalska Adam Daniewicz Zygmunt Zintel Zbigniew Jabłoński Leon Niemczyk Edward Wichura Feliks Żukowski Jerzy Antczak Janusz Kłosiński Katarzyna Łaniewska Józef Łodyński Zbigniew Stokowski Ferdynand Kijak-Solowski R. Trzęsowski Stanisław Jaworski Ryszard Kotys Wacław Kowalski Włodzimierz Kwaskowski Roman Polanski Maria Żabczyńska Zbigniew Cybulski Jerzy Smyk Adam Brodzisz Krystyna Denisiuk Mieczysław Łoza Witold Skaruch Waldemar Skrabacz Stanisław Igar Bogdan Baer Jerzy Kaczmarek Józef Pieracki Jarema Stępowski Maria Kaniewska Ryszard Filipski Ludwik Wytysiński Stanisław Bareja Mieczysław Czosnowski Adam Cyprian Anatol Kobyliński Ryszard Marten Jerzy Walczak
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