Chariots of Fire is based on the true story of three British athletes who took part in the 1924 Summer Olympics at Paris. Andrew Lindsay and Harold Abrahams are both undergraduates at Cambridge...

Chariots of Fire is based on the true story of three British athletes who took part in the 1924 Summer Olympics at Paris. Andrew Lindsay and Harold Abrahams are both undergraduates at Cambridge University, one an aristocrat representing the amateur tradition, the other a Jewish student who shocks the sporting establishment by hiring a professional coach. Eric Liddell, on the other hand, is a devout Scotsman who runs for the glory of God, and he startles the world (and threatens British sporting ambition) by refusing to run when his race is scheduled to take place on a Sunday.