Jun 4th  
Race* (PG)
(Barbican Cinema)  

(US/Can/Ger 2016)

Ohio University student Jesse Owens runs for his country at the Nazi Olympics of 1936 in spite of his colour.
Watered down Chariots of Fire-style sporting drama with slightly comic book Germans, and dramatically rather lightweight in spite of the historical subject matter - maybe because the central character seems to lack the inner drive to win four Olympic Gold medals.

Written by: Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse.
Producers: Karsten Brunig, Luc Dayan, Kate Garwood, Stephen Hopkins, Jean-Charles Levy, Nicolas Manuel, Louis-Philippe Rochon, Dominique Seguin.
Director: Stephen Hopkins.
Starring: Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt, Shanice Banton, Carice van Houtsen (as Leni Riefenstahl), Barnaby Mershurat (as Goebbels), Andrew Moodie, Nicholas Woodesdon, Tim McInerney.
Photography: Peter Levy.
Music: Rachel Portman.

+ see also Olympischelespiele (100 Favourite Films)

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