Top billed cast

1. 

   Joseph Fiennes

   Eric Liddell

2. 

   Shawn Dou

   Xu Niu

3. 

   Elizabeth Arends

   Florence Liddell

4. 

   Richard Sanderson

   Dr. Hubbard

5. 

   Darren Grosvenor

   Gentleman

6. 

   Simon Twu

   Chen Quan

7. 

   Augusta Xu-Holland

   Catherine Standish

8. 

   Patrice Poujol

   Louis Klein

9. 

   Shigeo Kobayashi

   Yoshinori Yumoto

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-09-03

This film picks up where "Chariots of Fire" (1981) leaves off with the Olympic champion Eric Liddell (Joseph Fiennes) now a missionary in the land of his birth - now war-torn - China. When the Japanese invade, he is initially fêted - well fed and looked after, but that is all part of the ultimate game of humiliation as he is basically being groomed for a race against "Xu Niu" (Shawn Dou). This is quite an interesting depiction of just how this man's Christian faith and sense of decency were pitched against the ruthlessness of his captors who used both physical and psychological methods to red...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$12,000,000.00

Revenue
$155,111.00

Keywords

• sports
• prisoner of war
• based on true story
• japanese occupation of china