Chariots of Fire

Name: Chariots of Fire
Director: Hugh Hudson
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1981-05-15
Duration: 2 h 3 min
Rating: 6.77
Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Cheryl Campbell, Alice Krige, Nigel Havers

Directed by Hugh Hudson

Drama

History

19812h 3m6.8

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.