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Audiences rate it 37 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Running the streets of Rome in 1960, an unknown, barefooted Ethiopian man stunned the world by winning Olympic gold in the marathon. Overnight, Abebe Bikila became a sports legend. A hero in his own country and to the continent, Bikila was the first African to win a gold medal, and four years later in Tokyo would become the first person in history to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the marathon.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes29%
Audiences rate it 37 points higher than critics do.
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Rasselas LakewDirector
- Davey FrankelDirector
- Mikael AwakeWriter
- Davey FrankelWriter
- Rasselas LakewWriter
Cast
- Rasselas LakewAbebe Bikila
- Dag MalmbergOnni
- Ruta GedmintasCharlotte
- Abba Waka Dessalegn. The Priest
- Johnny AshenafiCoach Nega
- Woyneshet BelachewTelephone Operator
- Abebe BikilaHimself (archive footage)
- Arne BoysenGunnar Krogsveen
- Yeneneh EzraEmperor Haile Selassie
- Fekadu GemechuUncle
- Mersha GetahunBartender
- Tigist GurmaMotel Manager