Chariots of Fire

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.

Chariots of Fire is a 1981 history film directed by Hugh Hudson. The film is filed under 1920s, powerful, celebratory, and scotland.

Ben Cross appears as Harold Abrahams, Ian Charleson as Eric Liddell, Cheryl Campbell as Jennie Liddell, and Alice Krige as Sybil Gordon. It runs 123 minutes and was released in May 1981.

The screenplay is by Colin Welland. It is adapted from real events. American members can watch it on Howdy Amazon Channel.

Braveheart, Cool Runnings, and Eddie the Eagle make useful companions to Chariots of Fire, all filed under dramatic. TMDB voters put it at 6.8 out of 10 across 1,082 votes and it carries a PG rating.