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Directed by Michael RitchieOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Sports films,
Films about the Olympic Games,
Sports d'hiver,
SkiActors Robert Redford,
Gene Hackman,
Camilla Sparv,
Karl Michael Vogler,
Camilla Sparv,
Dabney ColemanRating62%
American downhill skier David Chappellet (Robert Redford) arrives in Wengen, Switzerland to join the United States ski team, along with fellow newcomer D. K. Bryan (Kenneth Kirk). Both men were sent for by team coach Eugene Claire (Gene Hackman) to replace one of his top skiers who was recently injured during an FIS competition. Raised in the small town of Idaho Springs, Colorado, Chappellet is a loner with a single-minded focus on becoming a skiing champion, and shows little interest in being a team player. After refusing to race at the Lauberhorn because of a late starting position, he makes his European skiing debut at the Arlberg-Kandahar in Austria, where he finishes in an impressive fourth position. In the final race of the season at the Hahnenkamm-Rennen in Kitzbühel, Austria, he crashes., 2h35
Directed by Herbert RossOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Musical theatre,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about education,
Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Peter O'Toole,
Petula Clark,
Michael Redgrave,
Siân Phillips,
Alison Leggatt,
Michael BryantRating67%
Terence Rattigan's screenplay is a major departure from the simple plot of Hilton's novella. The time frame of the original story was advanced by several decades, starting in the 1920s, continuing through the Second World war, and ending in the late 1960s. Also, it does not show Chipping's first arrival at the Brookfield School, but starts with him already an established member of the teaching staff.