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15/05/1981 Drama, History 2h 3m
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This is the story of two men who run, not to run, but to prove something to the world. They will sacrifice anything to achieve their goals... except their honor.

Overview

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.

  1. Hugh Hudson

    Director

  2. Colin Welland

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Ben Cross

    Harold Abrahams

  2. Ian Charleson

    Eric Liddell

  3. Cheryl Campbell

    Jennie Liddell

  4. Alice Krige

    Sybil Gordon

  5. Nigel Havers

    Lord Andrew Lindsay

  6. Ian Holm

    Sam Mussabini

  7. Nicholas Farrell

    Aubrey Montague

  8. Daniel Gerroll

    Henry Stallard

  9. John Gielgud

    Master of Trinity

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-02
The opening bars of the Oscar-winning Vangelis score coupled with the shot of the athletes running along the beach, barefoot, at St. Andrews is amongst the most iconic opening scenes from any film, but somehow the rest of this strays all too often into mediocrity thereafter. It tells the story of two British athletes who strove to thrive at the Olympiad in Paris in 1924. Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross) comes from a Lithuanian Jewish background. who is welcomed to Cambridge University, but never quite accepted. The other is Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson), a devout Christian who comes from missionary ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$5,500,000.00

Revenue
$58,972,904.00

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