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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.
Aug 19, 2020 · Actor Ben Cross, who was best known for playing athlete Harold Abrahams in the film Chariots of Fire, has died at the age of 72. His other roles included the leads in HBO's first ever...
Aug 19, 2020 · Actor Ben Cross, who was best known for playing athlete Harold Abrahams in the film Chariots of Fire, has died at the age of 72. His other roles included the leads in HBO's first ever...
Actor Ben Cross, who played Jewish sprinter in ‘Chariots of Fire,’ dies aged 72. Star portrayed Harold Abrahams’s battle to overcome anti-Semitism and triumph at the 1924 Olympics; was...
May 13, 2024 · Havers, Nigel; Cross, Ben; Chariots of Fire. Nigel Havers (foreground) and Ben Cross in Chariots of Fire (1981). The film begins at the 1978 memorial of the runner Harold Abrahams. It then moves back to 1919 when Abrahams (played by Ben Cross ), the son of a wealthy Jewish financier, arrives at the University of Cambridge.
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The stories of British runners Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams are known to many through the 1981 Academy Award-winning film Chariots of Fire. As the movie tells it, Liddell was boarding a boat to the 1924 Paris Olympics when he discovered that the qualifying heats for his event, the 100-metre.
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Jun 23, 2021 · A year after winning gold in Paris, Abrahams broke his leg while attempting to improve on his English long jump record, which lasted for over 30 years, thus ending his athletic career.
