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.| Status: | Released (1981-05-15) |
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| Awards: | Won 4 Oscars. 18 wins & 19 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $58,972,904 |
| Screen: | Colin Welland |
| Productions: | Enigma Productions, Allied Stars, 20th Century Fox |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 29068: Ben Cross - Harold Abrahams
- 11854: Ian Charleson - Eric Liddell
- 47536: Cheryl Campbell - Jennie Liddell
- 2506: Alice Krige - Sybil Gordon
- 53517: Nigel Havers - Lord Andrew Lindsay
- 65: Ian Holm - Sam Mussabini
- 32357: Nicholas Farrell - Aubrey Montague
Crews
- 58220: Hugh Hudson - Director - Directing
- 14957: Colin Welland - Novel - Writing
- 8967: David Puttnam - Producer - Production
- 58221: James Crawford - Producer - Production
- 10639: David Watkin - Director of Photography - Camera
- 5056: Terry Rawlings - Editor - Editing
- 14957: Colin Welland - Screenplay - Writing
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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 ....
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