Chariots of Fire
- 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.
- 1981-05-15
- Drama, History
- Patrick Magee, Ian Charleson, Alice Krige, Dennis Christopher, Edward Wiley, Ben Cross, Nicholas Farrell, Stephen Fry, Kenneth Branagh, Nigel Davenport, Cheryl Campbell, Nigel Havers, Peter Cellier, Yvonne Gilan, Peter Jones, John Gielgud, Ian Holm, Andrew Hawkins, Yves Beneyton, Peter Egan, Jeremy Sinden, Richard Griffiths, Ted Robbins, Jack Smethurst, Ruby Wax, Brad Davis, Alan Polonsky, Struan Rodger, Daniel Gerroll, David John, Alan Dudley, Benny Young, David Yelland, Philip O'Brien, Colin Bruce, John Rutland, Ralph Lawton, John Young, Tommy Boyle, Wallace Campbell, Tess Dignan, Gerry Slevin, Gordon Hammersley, Kim Clifford, Michael Jeyes, David Kivlin, Eddie Hughson
- Lindsay Anderson
- $5,500,000
- $58,972,904
- 2 h. 3 min.
- 6.8/10
- 961
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Enigma Productions, Allied Stars, 20th Century Fox
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.