-
Select media
-
Stills must not be reproduced, copied or downloaded in any way.
Film details
-
Featuring
-
Country
United Kingdom
-
Year
1981
-
Genres
Biopic Sport Drama
-
Type
Film
-
Category
Fiction
Introduction
“Like many great films, Chariots of Fire takes its nominal subjects as occasions for much larger statements about human nature.”
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, 1981
“The British are coming!” screenwriter Colin Welland famously proclaimed, Oscar in hand. While this sporting saga ultimately proved not to herald a British celluloid renaissance, it certainly flew the flag for the industry’s craftsmanship and acting talent. Although perhaps remembered as a jingoistic celebration of gritty Brits triumphing over much-fancied Americans, it’s actually a portrait of social outsiders making their contribution to the greater national good – Ian Charleson’s God-fearing Scot, who refuses to run on the Sabbath, and Ben Cross’s Jewish sprinter.
First-time director Hugh Hudson was – like Alan Parker and Ridley Scott before him – recruited by producer David Puttnam from the advertising world, his skilled commercial aesthetic exemplified by the striking juxtaposition of 1920s athletes and Vangelis’s modern electronic score.
After this promising debut, Hugh Hudson’s film-directing career never recovered from the disaster of his third feature, the epic Revolution (1985).
Cast & Credits
-
Cast
-
-
Aubrey Montague
-
Lord Andrew Lindsay
-
Eric Liddell
-
Harold Abrahams
-
Henry Stallard
-
Sam Mussabini
-
Master of Trinity
-
Master of Caius
-
Lord Birkenhead
-
Jennie Liddell
-
Sybil Gordon
-
Charles Paddock
-
Jackson Scholz
-
Lord Cadogan
-
Duke of Sutherland
-
Sandy McGrath
-
Prince of Wales
-
George Andre
-
President - Gilbert and Sullivan Society
-
President - Cambridge Athletic Club
-
Secretary - Gilbert and Sullivan Society
-
head porter - Caius College
-
Reverend J. D. Liddell
-
Rod Liddell
-
Mrs Liddell
-
sleeping car attendant
-
Colonel John Keddie
-
head waiter - Savoy
-
Watson
-
Taylor
-
Paxton
-
Fitch
-
American coach
-
harbour master
-
Caius porter
-
Caius manservant
-
reporter
-
Sybil's maid
-
Highland Provost
-
Jimmie
-
Ernest Liddell
-
schoolgirl
-
Bunty
-
footman
-
1st Scots boy
-
2nd Scots Boy
-
cast member
-
cast member
-
cast member
-
cast member
-
cast member
-
cast member
-
cast member
-
cast member
-
cast member
-
cast member
-
cast member
-
cast member
-
cast member
-
cast member
-
cast member
-
cast member
-
cast member
-
cast member
-
cast member
-
cast member
-
-
-
Credits
-
Unknown:
-
Directed by
-
An Enigma production
-
Present
-
Present
-
Executive Producer
-
Produced by
-
Associate Producer
-
Production Manager
-
Production Accountant
-
Location Manager
-
Location Manager
-
Location Manager
-
Production Secretary
-
Production Assistant
-
Production Assistant
-
Production Assistant
-
Production Assistant
-
Researcher
-
Location research
-
Location research
-
Assistant Director
-
Assistant Director
-
Assistant Director
-
Assistant Director
-
Assistant Director
-
Assistant Director
-
Continuity
-
Casting
-
Casting
-
Original Screenplay by
-
Director of Photography
-
Camera Operator
-
Focus
-
Loader
-
Chief Electrician
-
Grip
-
Unit Stillsman
-
Matte Artist
-
Editor
-
Supervising Art Director
-
Art Director
-
Art Director
-
Art Director
-
Art Director
-
Set Dresser
-
Set Dresser
-
Property Master
-
Standby Props
-
Standby Props
-
Construction Manager
-
Standby Painter
-
Standby Carpenter
-
Standby Chargehand
-
Standby Rigger
-
Costume Designer
-
Assistant Costume Designer
-
Costume Assistant
-
Dressmaker
-
Wardrobe Supervisor
-
Wardrobe Master
-
Wardrobe Mistress
-
Wardrobe Assistant
-
Wardrobe Assistant
-
Wardrobe Assistant
-
Wardrobe Assistant
-
Wardrobe Assistant
-
Tailor
-
Make-up Supervisor
-
Make-up
-
Make-up
-
Hairdresser
-
Hairdresser
-
Hairdressing Supervisor
-
Title Design and Graphics
-
Titles and graphics
-
Titles and graphics
-
Title Design and Graphics
-
Title Design and Graphics
-
Titles and graphics
-
Colour by
-
[Kay Laboratories] Liaison
-
Original Music Composed, Arranged and Performed
-
Music co-ordinator
-
Sound Mixer
-
Sound Assistant
-
Sound Assistant
-
Re-recorded at
-
Dubbing Mixer
-
Sound Editor
-
Adviser
-
Adviser
-
Athletic consultant
-
Unit Publicist
-
-