Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire (1981)

Directors:
Hugh Hudson
Producers:
David Puttnam, James Crawford
Screenwriters:
Colin Welland
Cast:
Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Cheryl Campbell, Alice Krige, Nigel Havers, Ian Holm, Nicholas Farrell, Daniel Gerroll, John Gielgud, Lindsay Anderson, Nigel Davenport, Dennis Christopher, Brad Davis, Patrick Magee, Peter Egan, ... Show all

Movie plot

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.

What is the movie Chariots of Fire about?

Chariots of Fire is a movie about Running, Track & Fields, Anti-Semitism, Judaism.

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