Modern Pentathlon
In his first film about sports Dziworski presented Janusz Pyciak-Peciak before the sportsman became the world and Olympic champion. But Modern Pentathlon is, above all, a little treaty about the physical endurance of man.
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In his first film about sports Dziworski presented Janusz Pyciak-Peciak before the sportsman became the world and Olympic champion. But Modern Pentathlon is, above all, a little treaty about the physical endurance of man.
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