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Chariots of Fire(Movie, 1981)

PG
| 2h 3min | Genres: Drama, History
Chariots of FireRating: 3.4/5 (with 368368 votes)
Chariots of Fire is a 1981 British historical sports drama film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Colin Welland and produced by David Puttnam. It is based on the true story of two British athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of God, and Harold Abrahams, an English Jew who runs to overcome prejudice. Ben Cross and Ian Charleson star as Abrahams and Liddell, alongside Nigel Havers, Ian Holm, John Gielgud, Lindsay Anderson, Cheryl Campbell, Alice Krige, Brad Davis and ()
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Awards & Nominations for Chariots of Fire

Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Original Score National Board of Review Award for Best Film Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Original Score

About Chariots of Fire

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Shot in: Edinburgh
Plays in: Paris, England
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 24 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovenian (SL), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 09/25/1981 (World premiere: 05/15/1981)
Appearing Characters: Harold Abrahams, Eric Liddell, David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, Douglas Lowe, Evelyn Montague, Sam Mussabini, Sybil Gordon, F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, Gerald Cadogan, 6th Earl Cadogan, Edward VIII, George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland, Henry Stallard, Jackson Scholz, Charley Paddock, Géo André
Director: Hugh Hudson
Screenwriter: Colin Welland
Executive Producer: Dodi Fayed
Film Editor: Terry Rawlings
Director of Photography: David Watkin
Composer: Vangelis
Costume designer: Milena Canonero
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Les Chariots de feu"
"Carruagens de Fogo"
"Carros de Fuego"
"Οι Δρόμοι της Φωτιάς"
"불의 전차"
"Carros de Fuego"
"Triumfens ögonblick"

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:5612, Added: 02/14/2018, Last updated: 04/08/2024