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Films with theme "Films about the Olympic Games", sorted by revenue
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Running (1979)
, 1h37Directed by Steven Hilliard Stern
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Athletics films, Films about the Olympic Games
Actors Michael Douglas, Susan Anspach, Lawrence Dane, Eugene Levy, Philip Akin, Gordon Clapp
Un père de famille divorcé dont la vie professionnelle vacille se fixe comme objectif ultime de disputer le marathon se déroulant durant les Jeux olympiques.
Downhill Racer (1969)
, 1h41Directed by Michael Ritchie
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Films about the Olympic Games, Sports d'hiver, Ski
Actors Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv, Karl Michael Vogler, Camilla Sparv, Dabney Coleman
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.
Jim Thorpe – All-American (1951)
, 1h47Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Athletics films, American football films, Films about the Olympic Games
Actors Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Phyllis Thaxter, Billy Gray, Steve Cochran, Dick Wesson
During a banquet, legendary football coach "Pop" Warner rises and gives a speech praising Jim Thorpe. This leads to a flashback.
It Happened in Athens (1962)
, 1h40Directed by Andrew Marton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Films about the Olympic Games
Actors Jayne Mansfield, Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Ivan Triesault, Titos Vandis, Charles Fernley Fawcett, Jean Murat
16 Days of Glory (1986)
, 2h25Directed by Bud Greenspan
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Films about the Olympic Games, Documentary films about cities
Actors Michael Gross
, 3h21Directed by Leni Riefenstahl
Origin German
Genres Documentary
Themes Politique, Sports films, Athletics films, Documentary films about sports, Films about the Olympic Games, Political films
Actors Leni Riefenstahl
La première partie d'Olympia, un documentaire sur les Jeux olympiques de 1936 à Berlin, réalisé par la réalisatrice allemande Leni Riefenstahl. Le film a été projeté dans les salles en 1938 et à nouveau en 1952 après la chute du régime nazi.
Pentathlon (1994)
Directed by Bruce Malmuth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Sports films, Films about the Olympic Games
Actors Dolph Lundgren, David Soul, Renée Coleman, Ph.D., Roger E. Mosley, Philip Bruns, Bruce Malmuth
After winning a gold medal for East Germany in the pentathlon in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, athlete Eric Brogar (Dolph Lundgren) flees from his abusive trainer, Heinrich Mueller (David Soul) and the Olympic team.
Children of Glory (2006)
, 2h3Origin Hongrie
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Sports films, Films about the Olympic Games, Political films
Actors Kata Dobó, Iván Fenyő, Sándor Csányi, Ildikó Bánsági, Daniel Gabori
Children of Glory commemorates Hungary's Revolution of 1956 and the Blood in the Water match. Taking place in Budapest and at the Melbourne Olympic Games in October and November of that year, the film takes viewers into the passion and sadness of one of the most dramatic popular revolts of the twentieth century. In the same year Soviet tanks were violently suppressing the Revolution within Hungary, the Hungarian water polo team was winning over Russia in the Olympic pool in Melbourne, in what is sometimes described as the bloodiest water polo match in history. While telling the story of 1956 in part through fictional lead characters, the film-makers simultaneously recreated many of the key public events of the Revolution, including the huge demonstrations and the fighting in the streets of Budapest.
The Marathon Runner (1933)
, 1h38Directed by Ewald André Dupont
Genres Action
Themes Sports films, Athletics films, Films about the Olympic Games
Actors Brigitte Helm, Hans Brausewetter, Viktor de Kowa, Ursula Grabley, Paul Hartmann, Trude von Molo
Jappeloup (2013)
, 2h10Directed by Christian Duguay
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about the Olympic Games, Films about horses, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Film équestre français
Actors Marina Hands, Daniel Auteuil, Guillaume Canet, Lou de Laâge, Tchéky Karyo, Jacques Higelin
In the early 1980s, Pierre Durand, Jr. gives up on his career as a lawyer and turns to professional show-jumping. He purchases Jappeloup de Luze (1975-1991) from Henry Delage. He loses at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, but wins at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
, 1h11Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Sports films, Films about the Olympic Games
Actors Warner Oland, Katherine DeMille, Keye Luke, Pauline Moore, Allan Lane, Paul Panzer
When Chan's oldest son, Lee (Keye Luke), is chosen to compete in the Olympics, Chan is proud as can be. Meanwhile, over the skies of Chan's Honolulu, the "Hopkins plane" is demonstrating an improvement of remote radio control to the US military. However, the aircraft is hijacked by a concealed stowaway, the device stolen, and the test pilot murdered. When Chan, followed by his astute second son, Charlie Jr. (Layne Tom Jr.), tracks down the stowaway, he finds only the man's body.
Geordie (1955)
, 1h40Directed by Frank Launder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Athletics films, Films about the Olympic Games
Actors Bill Travers, Alastair Sim, Molly Urquhart, Francis De Wolff, Raymond Huntley, Miles Malleson
The Grand Olympics (1961)
, 2h22Directed by Romolo Marcellini
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Films about the Olympic Games
Actors Bing Crosby
142 minutes of the film speak of events and athletes that have characterized the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. From the absolute protagonist Wilma Rudolph, called the black gazelle, to Livio Berruti, the first white to win the 200 meters, to the deeds of Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who won the marathon racing barefoot.
Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
, 2h50Directed by Kon Ichikawa
Origin Japon
Genres Documentary
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Documentary films about sports, Films about the Olympic Games
Le film est consacré aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1964 qui ont eu lieu à Tokyo.
13 Days in France (1968)
Directed by Claude Lelouch, François Reichenbach, Guy Gilles
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Films about the Olympic Games
Actors Dalida, Johnny Hallyday
Documentaire sur les Jeux Olympiques de Grenoble de 1968. Plus qu'aux compétitions sportives (ski, bobsleigh, hockey), le film s'intéresse aux à-côtés qui entourent toute manifestation.