Boxer

Young boxer studies with a kind, knowing manager, grooming him for the Olympics. He fights the lead boxer, has a brief fling, and gets jailed for beating up a group he feels laughed at him during the drunken spree. But he is rehabilitated and gets a crack at the Olympics where he wins.

Daniel Olbrychski

Tolek Szczepaniak

Tadeusz Kalinowski

Coach Jan Zgoda

Maciej Damięcki

Kazimierz 'Pajac' Pajkowski

Jacek Domański

Jerzy Wielak

Leszek Drogosz

Jarek Walczak

Jan Englert

Andrzej Kozlowski

Gustaw Lutkiewicz

Coach Milecki

Zdzisław Maklakiewicz

Reporter

Mieczysław Pawlikowski

Zakladka

Jerzy Wasowski

Manager Waria

Bertina Acevedo

Hostess

Zygmunt Apostoł

Fan

Jerzy Ćwikliński

Kliment Denchev

Boxer

Marian Łącz

Fan

Józef Łodyński

Waiter Kazio

Wiktor Nanowski

Russian Coach

Gabriel Nehrebecki

Staszek