This is a classic sports movie with a very British sensibility in the vein of Masterpiece. Just a few strains of its haunting musical score invokes a group of young men running on a beach, alerting viewers that they are in for a cinematic treat. Set just after World War I and based on a true story, the film follows two athletes, Harold Abrahams, a proud English Jew, and Eric Liddell, a Scotsman and devout Christian, and their quest to run at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. Amid sumptuous scenes of Cambridge University and the Scottish Highlands, we see the young athletes overcome odds both external and internal to compete for the Gold. UK 1981 (123 minutes)
Playing as part of Mostly British Festival
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