Drama · History
Chariots of Fire
Avg rating 7.5 / My rating TBC
1981 · Directed by Hugh Hudson · With Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Cheryl Campbell
Film info
- Runtime
- 2h 03m · 123 min
- IMDb
- 7.1 / 10 (69,810 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 84% (critics)
- Metacritic
- 78 / 100
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (audience, 1,077 votes)
- Trailer
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Full cast and crew
- Hugh HudsonDirector
- Ben CrossActoras Harold Abrahams
- Ian CharlesonActoras Eric Liddell
- Cheryl CampbellActoras Jennie Liddell
- Alice KrigeActoras Sybil Gordon
- Nigel HaversActoras Lord Andrew Lindsay
- Ian HolmActoras Sam Mussabini
- Nicholas FarrellActoras Aubrey Montague
- Daniel GerrollActoras Henry Stallard
- VangelisComposer
About this film
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.
Synopsis from TMDB.
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