Aria for an Athlete (1979)

Genres - Drama  |   Run Time - 109 min.  |   Countries - Poland  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Eleanor Mannikka

Aria Dla Atlety is an engrossing drama based on the lives of three actual wrestlers and set at the turn of the 20th century. The story begins as a young boy joins the circus, enthralled by the wrestling skills of the Abs brothers. The child eventually grows into a proficient and talented wrestler on his own but is thrown out of the circus when he defeats a well-known wrestler. He does not mind leaving because the two circus wrestlers cruelly tormented him at every chance. As the young lad becomes one of the most famous, successful, and wealthiest wrestlers in Poland, his reputation gets him into trouble. It seems one of the Abs brothers is anxious to tackle him in the ring and plans on using all the dirty tricks he knows to defeat him.