A Fitting Tribute To Some Of Finest Sportsmen That The United Kingdom Produced.

Rating: 10/10 (23 January 2014)

This film is a fitting tribute to Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell who represented their respective countries in the 1924 Olympic Championship in France, in which Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell won the 100 m and 400 m events, respectively.
The film is directed by Hugh Hudson who has directed some fine films like Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) and Revolution (1985).
The film explores the attitudes of the two main characters of the film: Abrahams(Ben Cross) and Liddell(Ian Charleson). While Abrahams runs for personal glory, Liddell runs for the glory of God and His Kingdom. Because of this, he refuses to run in the 100m event which was during the day of Sabbath.
In the film we see Liddell is superior runner than Abrahams and beats him. This affects Abrahams mentally and do he looks to Sam Mussabini (Ian Holm), a professional trainer to give him an edge over Liddell.
The casting, background music, acting and direction is superb and you will be glued to your seat from start to finish.